Ossifications after vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib treatment in children with thoracic insufficiency syndrome and scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Groenefeld, Bastian ^a   Hell, Anna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Implant dislocation; Implant infection; Ossifications; Spine; Thoracic insufficiency syndrome; VEPTR

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMPLANT MIGRATION; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME; THORACIC SPINE; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB IMPLANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OSTEOGENESIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SYNDROME; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879119852     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318292aafa     Document Type: Article

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