Paper #3: Can TGR change the natural history of pulmonary functions in EOS? Is Radiological Straightness Correlated with Normal Lung Development?

Celebioglu, Ebru; Yataganbaba, Alper; Asli, Oncel; Degirmenci, Ceren; Kocyigit, Þÿ Osmail Aykut; Tekin, Fatih; Demirkiran, H Gokhan; Yalcin, Elmas Ebru et al. · Spine Deform · 2017

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.