Postoperative pulmonary complications following posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for congenital scoliosis.

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 inve...

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Main Authors: Si Yin, Huiren Tao, Heng Du, Chaoshuai Feng, Yimin Yang, Weizhou Yang, Chunguang Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6239341?pdf=render