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2005 Pulmonary Function in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis AAOS

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Description: Paper No: 287 Friday, February 25, 2005 10:36 AM - 10:42 AM Peter O Newton, MD San Diego CA (a - DePuy Spine) Frances Faro, MD Denver CO (a - DePuy Spine) Sohrab Gollogly, MD (a - DePuy Spine) Randal R Betz, MD Ocean City NJ (a - DePuy Spine) David H Clements III, MD Camden NJ (a - DePuy Spine) Lawrence G Lenke, MD Saint Louis MO (a - DePuy Spine) Thomas G Lowe, MD Wheat Ridge CO (a - DePuy Spine) Alvin Howell Crawford, MD Cincinnati OH (a - DePuy Spine) Thomas Richard Haher, MD New York NY (a - DePuy Spine) Moderator(s): Edward D Simmons, MD Buffalo NY Susan E Stephens, MD Cleveland OH Spine A study of 631 idiopathic scoliosis patients revealed that increasing thoracic curve and hypokyphosis are related to impaired pulmonary function.

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