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- Title
Use of a Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib in Children With Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome and Scoliosis.
- Authors
Watts, Stephanie L.
- Abstract
Thoracic insufficiency syndrome is the inability of the thorax to support normal respiration or lung growth. One treatment to address the thoracic deformities associated with the syndrome is placement of a vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib. The goal is to restore thoracic volume, symmetry, and function and to allow for growth of the thorax in skeletally immature children. The main topics include indications for placement of a titanium rib, postoperative nursing care, potential complications, long-term follow-up, quality-of-life issues, and implications for critical care nurses and advanced practice nurses.
- Subjects
RIB surgery; TITANIUM; RIB abnormalities; ARTIFICIAL respiration; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; PATIENT aftercare; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTENSIVE care units; LONG-term health care; ORTHOPEDIC apparatus; NURSE practitioners; PATIENT monitoring; PEDIATRIC nursing; POSTOPERATIVE care; POSTOPERATIVE pain; PROSTHETICS; QUALITY of life; PULMONARY function tests; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL complications; SURGICAL site infections; SURGICAL site; THORACOSTOMY; CHILDREN; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Critical Care Nurse, 2016, Vol 36, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
0279-5442
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4037/ccn2016230