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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:445-448
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: general thoracic

Lateral thoracic expansion for Jeune syndrome: evidence of rib healing and new bone formation

J. Terrance Davis, MDa,d*, Frederick R. Long, MDb,e, Brent H. Adler, MDb,e, Robert G. Castile, MDc,f, Samuel Weinstein, MDa,d

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
b Department of Radiology, Columbus, Ohio, USA
c Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
d Department of Surgery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
e Department of Radiology, Columbus, Ohio, USA
f Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Accepted for publication June 5, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Davis, ED 620, 700 Children's Dr, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
e-mail: tdavis{at}chi.osu.edu

BACKGROUND: Lateral thoracic expansion is a procedure that has been described to enlarge the thoracic cage in patients with Jeune's asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy. The procedure involves separating ribs from their periosteum and plating them together in an expanded fashion with titanium struts. We have speculated that the ribs heal in this situation, despite the absence of surrounding periosteum, and that new rib formation occurs in the liberated periosteum.

METHODS: Radiographic studies of patients who have undergone lateral thoracic expansion were reviewed for evidence of rib healing or periosteal new bone formation.

RESULTS: This study presents radiologic evidence that rib healing actually occurs, as does periosteal ossification.

CONCLUSIONS: Lateral thoracic expansion creates additional chest wall that is formed of autologous tissue, fully healed, and not ultimately dependent on titanium struts.






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