Therapeutics Advances
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Orthop. Oct 18, 2013; 4(4): 167-174
Published online Oct 18, 2013. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.167
Figure 5
Figure 5 Controlled growth. Eight-year-old male with congenital scoliosis treated with “spine to rib” vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib. Treatment of the growing spine is a unique challenge and involves preservation of the thoracic spine, thoracic cage, and lung growth without reducing spinal motion.