VEPTR Helps Young Girl With Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome

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Author: Randal R Betz

Abstract: The vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) was originally designed to treat chest and spine deformities in young children. However, older children with complex spinal deformities may also benefit from placement of a VEPTR when vertebral ...

Author: Amer F Samdani

Abstract: Surgical correction is generally indicated as the primary form of management in children with severe early onset scoliosis. Even so, conservative, nonsurgical treatment is always considered first, as surgical correction carries significant concomitan...

Author: Fritz Hefti

Abstract: This retrospective study analyses 23 children treated with vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) for correction of non-congenital early onset spine deformities. After the index procedure (IP), the device was lengthened at 6-month interv...

Author: Krzysztof Lokas

Abstract: Congenital spine and thorax deformities are an interdisciplinary clinical problem. Apart from trunk deformity they may lead to respiratory or cardiovascular insufficiency. Surgical treatment should be implimented as soon as possible in order to impro...

Author: Andrzej Gregosiewicz

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Severe deformities of the chest, early-onset progressive scoliosis, congenital defects of the ribs and the vertebral column may all give rise to the thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS), when the chest capacity is too low to fully suppor...

Author: Vincent F Deeney

Abstract: The effect on pulmonary function of serial VEPTR expansion thoracoplasty was studied longitudinally in anesthetized children with spondylothoracic dysplasia using a special mobile unit. The median age of 24 children at the start of surgery was 4.6 ye...

Author: Steve Klinge

Abstract: STUDY DESIGN: The medical records of 138 subjects with Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) from 5 US institutions were reviewed to analyze their hemoglobin levels before and after surgery. Eighty-five subjects were operated with the Vertical Expandable Prost...

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Abstract: STUDY DESIGN: Prospective clinical trial of vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) surgery in patients with congenital thoracic scoliosis with thoracic insufficiency syndrome and cervical tilt. OBJECTIVE: Report efficacy and safety of VE...

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