Literature DB >> 19541941

Postural change in ventilation and perfusion secondary to a thoracic scoliosis with complete resolution after surgery.

T D Barwick1, I Goddard, M Easty, C Wallis, L Biassoni.   

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We present the case of a child with a thoracic scoliosis causing respiratory impairment in whom pre-surgical ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy in different postures was able to predict improvement in ventilation and perfusion after surgery.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19541941     DOI: 10.1259/bjr/34532489

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Radiol        ISSN: 0007-1285            Impact factor:   3.039


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1.  Effect of idiopathic thoracic scoliosis on the tracheobronchial tree.

Authors:  James Farrell; Enrique Garrido
Journal:  BMJ Open Respir Res       Date:  2018-03-25
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