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Thoracoplasty for treatment of asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia in a newborn.

Abstract
In our case report and literature review, we report about a female newborn with severe asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia of the spondylocostal dysostosis classification to whom an expandable thoracoplasty with metal implants offered survival and discharge at home from newborn to infancy.
AuthorsAndreas Fette, Alexander Rokitansky
JournalJournal of pediatric surgery (J Pediatr Surg) Vol. 40 Issue 8 Pg. 1345-8 (Aug 2005) ISSN: 1531-5037 [Electronic] United States
PMID16080946 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Asphyxia Neonatorum (etiology, surgery)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Musculoskeletal Abnormalities (complications, surgery)
  • Pneumonia (etiology, surgery)
  • Reoperation
  • Respiration, Artificial (adverse effects)
  • Thoracoplasty (instrumentation, methods)
  • Thorax (abnormalities)
  • Tracheostomy

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