Improved pulmonary function after concave rib resection and posterior instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-683

  Saleh, Ablaa Mohamed ^a   El Masry, Mohamed Adel ^a,b   West, Robert M ^c   Tsiridis, Eleftherios ^d   El Hawary, Youssry Kamal ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b Department of Trauma and Orthooaedic Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Concave rib osteotomy; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RIB; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOTOMY; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 78549272332     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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