Open AccessEvaluation of postoperative change in lung volume in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Author(s) -
Dong Kyu Lee,
Eun Mi Chun,
Seung Woo Suh,
Jae Hyuk Yang,
Sung Shine Shim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.136223
Subject(s) - medicine , lung volumes , lung , nuclear medicine , vital capacity , scoliosis , radiology , surgery , lung function , diffusing capacity
Change in total lung volume after surgical correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), measured by computed tomography (CT), has not been studied previously. The primary objective of this study was to measure the change in lung volume between pre and postoperative AIS using low-dose CT and secondary objective was to investigate its relationship to postoperative pulmonary complications.