Postural change in ventilation and perfusion secondary to a thoracic scoliosis with complete resolution after surgery

Authors: BARWICK, T D; GODDARD, I; EASTY, M; WALLIS, C; BIASSONI, L

Source: British Journal of Radiology, Volume 82, Number 979, July 2009 , pp. e137-e140(1)

Publisher: British Institute of Radiology

Abstract:

We present the case of a child with a thoracic scoliosis causing respiratory impairment in whom pre-surgical ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy in different postures was able to predict improvement in ventilation and perfusion after surgery.

Document Type: Case report

DOI: 10.1259/bjr/34532489

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