Early Onset Scoliosis: A Pulmonary Perspective.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jspd.2014.04.010.
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Abstract
Early-onset scoliosis impairs lung function, often severely as it progresses. This review depicts current understanding of the changes in respiratory function resulting from early-onset scoliosis and how pulmonologists and their assessment tools affect clinical treatment decisions by spine surgeons.