scoliosis/hypoxia

Adolescents with mild, asymptomatic scoliosis (thoracic curvature less than 35 degrees) may have little or no impairment of resting lung volumes. Progression to more severe disease may, however, be accompanied by lung restriction, impaired exercise tolerance, and respiratory failure with CO2

In this issue of Cell, Sparrow et al. propose a new mechanism for sporadically occurring congenital scoliosis in which Notch signaling and hypoxia converge in the embryo on somite patterning via the segmentation clock. This interaction between hypoxia and a predisposed genetic background might

BACKGROUND Serial cast correction is a popular treatment option for progressive infantile scoliosis. Body casting can lead to chest and abdominal expansion restriction and result in decreased chest wall compliance. There are no studies evaluating the effects of casting on ventilation in infantile

Thirty-six children and adolescents with early stages of idiopathic scoliosis underwent evaluation by echocardiography and pulmonary function testing. Mildly increased pulmonary vascular resistance was inferred from an elevated ratio of right preejection period to right ventricular ejection time, an

The mechanical inefficiency during respiration in scoliosis remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To study the three-dimensional motion of the chest wall during deep breathing in healthy and scoliotic individuals. METHODS Three-dimensional chest wall motion during breathing was studied in 17 scoliotic patients

The purpose of study was to evaluate the perioperative lung ultrasound findings of patients undergoing scoliosis correction. LUS examination was performed examined three 3 times for each patient: 20 min after starting mechanical ventilation of the lungs(preoperative), after surgery when the patient

BACKGROUND Congenital scoliosis (CS) may lead to more serious pulmonary complications compared with idiopathic scoliosis after spinal fusion surgery. However, little has been reported about postoperative pulmonary complication events in patients with CS after spinal fusion surgery. OBJECTIVE To

The medical records of 303 patients undergoing fusions for scoliosis correction were retrospectively reviewed. The frequency and type of postoperative respiratory complications were compared in idiopathic versus non-idiopathic scoliosis patients in relation to age, type of spinal fusion procedure,

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of anesthetic management on scoliosis surgery and review the incidence rate of perioperative adverse events. Methods: This was a retrospective

In their work the authors observed the influence of controlled hypotension by means of sodium nitroprusside on the acidobasic balance, the oxygenation parameters, pulmonary shunt and lactatemia in patients with idiopathic scoliosis in the course of dorsal fusion by Harrington instrumentation. In

METHODS The medical records of 138 subjects with Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) from 5 US institutions were reviewed to analyze their hemoglobin levels before and after surgery. Eighty-five subjects were operated with the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) and 53 with growing