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Pulmonary function after less invasive anterior instrumentation and fusion for idiopathic thoracic scoliosis

PURPOSE: Standard thoracotomy for anterior instrumentation and fusion of the thoracic spine in idiopathic scoliosis may have detrimental effects on pulmonary function. In this study we describe a less invasive anterior surgical technique and show the pre- and postoperative pulmonary function with a...

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Autores principales: Huitema, Geertje C, Jansen, Rob C, Dompeling, Edward, Willems, Paul, Punt, Ilona, van Rhijn, Lodewijk W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-7161-8-14