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Published in: European Spine Journal 9/2018

01-09-2018 | Grand Rounds

Successful surgery for a neuromuscular scoliosis patient by pulmonary rehabilitation with forced vital capacity below 30%

Authors: Kai Han, Yongqian Wang, Shangbin Cui, Caixia Xu, Peiqiang Su

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

A rare case of a 15-year-old male patient with neuromuscular scoliosis with forced vital capacity (FVC) below 30%, who went through a successful surgery without any pulmonary complications, is reported herein. The patient had obvious asymmetric shoulders and poor exercise tolerance. The Cobb’s angle of the main thoracic curve was 62.8°, and FVC in sitting position was 18% of predictive value. After skull traction and pulmonary rehabilitation, the FVC was still below 30%, and he finally went through surgery under this serious condition. By early pulmonary rehabilitation using home ventilator, he successfully recovered without any pulmonary complications. The patient had complete symptom remission and no deterioration of Cobb’s angle was found during follow-up.
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Metadata
Title
Successful surgery for a neuromuscular scoliosis patient by pulmonary rehabilitation with forced vital capacity below 30%
Authors
Kai Han
Yongqian Wang
Shangbin Cui
Caixia Xu
Peiqiang Su
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5441-8

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