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Early Onset Scoliosis: A Pulmonary Perspective

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Early-onset scoliosis impairs lung function, often severely as it progresses. This review depicts current understanding of the changes in respiratory function resulting from early-onset scoliosis and how pulmonologists and their assessment tools affect clinical treatment decisions by spine surgeons.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, WA, USA

    Gregory J. Redding MD

  2. Seattle Children’s Hospital, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, MS: OC.7.720, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA

    Gregory J. Redding MD

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This work was supported by a Bureau of Maternal Child Health Pediatric Pulmonary Training Grant (grant no: T72M00007).

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Redding, G.J. Early Onset Scoliosis: A Pulmonary Perspective. Spine Deform 2, 425–429 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2014.04.010

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