Early Onset Scoliosis: A Pulmonary Perspective.

Redding, Gregory J · Spine Deform · 2014

review · Level V

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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.