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VEPTR Expansion Thoracoplasty

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Thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS), a new characterized disease [4], is the inability of the thorax to support normal respiration or lung growth.

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Acknowledgment

This chapter is to acknowledge Dr. Melvin D. Smith (1941–2008), a tireless contributor to the understanding and treatment of thoracic insufficiency syndrome.

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  1. Division of Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2nd Floor, Wood Center, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Robert M. Campbell

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Campbell, R.M. (2011). VEPTR Expansion Thoracoplasty. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_37

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