Pulmonary function before and after anterior spinal surgery in adult idiopathic scoliosis

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 534-536

  Wong, Conroy A ^a   Cole, Ashley A ^a   Watson, Laura ^a   Webb, John K ^a   Johnston, Ian D A ^a   Kinnear, William J M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal surgery; Idiopathic scoliosis; Pulmonary function; Vital capacity; Zielke VDS instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029982211     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.5.534     Document Type: Article

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