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1571613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-eight patients with idiopathic scoliosis underwent posterior spinal fusion with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation (CDI). Each patient was given preoperative and postoperative pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Pulmonary volume improved a mean 0.40 L (16%), and pulmonary flow improved a mean 0.33 L (15%). Differences between preoperative and postoperative PFT values were shown to be statistically significant and correlated well with coronal side-bending correction. Twenty patients had preoperative and postoperative CT scans through the apical vertebra. Vertebral rotation was assessed on CT scan by the method of Aaro and Dahlborn (1,2). At the apex, the mean percentage improvements in the longitudinal axis rotation relative to the midline (16%) and to the sagittal plane (10%), the rib hump index (8%), and the kyphosis-lordosis index (0%) were minimal. Radiographically, the 66% mean improvement in apical vertebral translation was more substantial and consistent than the 10% mean improvement in apical vertebral rotation. Therefore, at the apex the CDI "derotation maneuver" may be more of a "translational maneuver."
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of pulmonary function and axis rotation in adolescent and young adult idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article