Does pulmonary function improve after surgical correction of adult idiopathic scoliosis?

Hiroaki NakashimaNoriaki KawakamiTetsuya OharaToshiki SaitoRyoji TauchiShiro ImagamaGregory J Redding

Published in: Spine deformity (2021)

Pulmonary function improved in patients with preoperative pulmonary impairment of < 65% in %FVC and < 80% in %FEV1, and the real improvement was limited to patients with severe preoperative impairment.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
pulmonary hypertension
early onset