Table 4.
Pre operative and postoperative ambulatory status with preoperative pulmonary function tests.
| Walking status | pre-operative PFT | |||||
| No | Diagnosis | pre-op | post-op | PEF | FVC | FEV1 |
| 1 | CP | WC | Crutch | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL |
| 2 | CP | WWS | WWS | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL |
| 3 | CP | WWS | WWS | 44 | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | CP | WWS | WWS | 121 | 97 | 95 |
| 5 | CP | WWS | WWS | 62 | 51 | 53 |
| 6 | CP | WWS | WWS | 66 | 46 | Un Co-op |
| 7 | CP | WWS | WWS | 41 | 24 | 25 |
| 8 | DMD | WC | WC | 46 | 33 | 29 |
| 9 | DMD | WC | WC | 63 | 71 | 74 |
| 10 | DMD | WC | WC | 32 | 14 | 15 |
| 11 | DMD | WC | WC | 61 | 49 | 53 |
| 12 | DMD | WC | WC | 42 | 31 | 32 |
| 13 | DMD | WC | WC | 73 | 60 | 61 |
| 14 | DMD | WC | WC | 73 | 69 | 72 |
| 15 | DMD | WC | WC | 148 | 138 | 147 |
| 16 | DMD | WC | WC | 43 | 38 | 41 |
| 17 | DMD | WC | WC | 43 | 23 | 21 |
| 18 | SMA | WWS | WWS | 80 | 91 | 82 |
| 19 | SMA | Walker | Crutch | 85 | 64 | 68 |
| 20 | SMA | WC | WC | 67 | 31 | 36 |
| 21 | SMA | WC | WC | 95 | 89 | 88 |
| 22 | SMA | WC | WC | 49 | 22 | 27 |
| 23 | POLIO | Crutch | Crutch | 51 | 33 | 31 |
| 24 | POLIO | WC | Walker | 70 | 65 | 63 |
| 25 | MS | WC | WC | 43 | 37 | 39 |
| 26 | PARA | WC | Walker | 37 | 24 | 28 |