Pulmonary function after thoracoplasty in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques
Tiziana GreggiStefano Giacomini

Abstract

Retrospective case series review. To compare two similar groups of adolescents surgically treated for their spinal deformity either by posterior segmental fusion alone (PSF) or by posterior spinal fusion and thoracoplasty (PSF+T); attention was focused on the long-term effects of thoracoplasty on pulmonary function in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Posterior spinal arthrodesis with thoracoplasty and an open anterior approach, with respect to a posterior only fusion have been found to have a deleterious effect on pulmonary function for as long as five years postoperatively after surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. A group of 40 consecutive adolescent patients, surgically treated between 1998 and 2001 by posterior spinal fusion and thoracoplasty, was compared with a similar cohort of 40 adolescents treated in the same period by posterior segmental fusion alone. Pedicle screw instrumentation alone and a minimum five-year follow-up were requested as inclusion criteria. Both a radiographic analysis and a chart review was performed, evaluating the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), the SRS-30 score questionnaire and the Lenke classification system. A radiographic Rib Hump (RH) assessment w...Continue Reading

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