PMID: 8581527Jan 1, 1995Paper

Evaluation of deformities and pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic right thoracic scoliosis

European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
S S UpadhyayJ C Leong

Abstract

Seventy patients with adolescent idiopathic right thoracic scoliosis had full assessment of their pulmonary function using a computerised pulmonary function system. Their mean age at evaluation was 13.8 years. The following measurements were obtained from anteroposterior and lateral standing and antero-posterior supine bending radiographs: lateral curvature, vertebral rotation, kyphosis, maximum sterno-vertebral distance and apical rib-vertebral angles. Using the above measurements, the flexibility of curve, vertebral rotation and rib-vertebral angle asymmetry were calculated. Patients were classified into three groups on the basis of their predicted vital capacity, to determine whether radiological features of deformity can help identify patients with compromised pulmonary function. The mean Cobb angle and vertebral rotation for the 70 patients were 50 degrees (range 35-100 degrees) and 22 degrees (range 1-44 degrees) respectively. The mean flexibility of curve and vertebral rotation were 52% and 49% respectively. Mean thoracic kyphosis was 25 degrees, ranging from -7 to 55 degrees. Of the patients with Cobb angle less than 90 degrees, 71% had vital capacity less than 80% of predicted values, and of these, 18% had marked compr...Continue Reading

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