The effect of opening wedge thoracostomy insufficiency syndrome associated withfused ribs and congenital scoliosis


Campbell R., Smith M., Mayes T., Mangos J., Willey-Courand D., KÖSE N., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME, sa.8, ss.1659-1674, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Background: Thoracic insufficiency syndrome is the inability of the thorax to support normal respiration or lung growth and is seen in patients who have severe congenital scoliosis with fused ribs. Traditional spinal surgery does not directly address this syndrome.