Paper #3: Can TGR change the natural history of pulmonary functions in EOS? Is Radiological Straightness Correlated with Normal Lung Development?
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
Even though traditional growing rod (TGR) patients score lower in exercise tolerance and spirometry compared to age-matched controls, their pulmonary functions are similar to those of instrumented adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients.