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. 1979 Oct;34(5):658–661. doi: 10.1136/thx.34.5.658

Cardiac and respiratory function before and after spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

J M Shneerson, M A Edgar
PMCID: PMC471142  PMID: 515986

Abstract

Ten girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were studied before and 17-23 months after spinal fusion. None had any cardiac or respiratory disease complicating the scoliosis. They underwent a range of resting lung function tests and a progressive exercise test. The mean angle of scoliosis decreased from 65.8 to 27.3 degrees after operation but the only significant physiological benefit detected in this study was a decrease in the submaximal minute ventilation. The physiological benefit of spinal fusion was therefore much less prominent than the anatomical improvement of the spinal curvature.

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