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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1973;55:1721-1725.
© 1973 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Thoracic Elastance and Its Components in Anesthetized Scoliotic Children

H. I. A. NISBET F.F.A.R.C.S.1, A. LAMARRE M.D.1, H. LEVISON M.D.1, J. E. S. RELTON F.F.A.R.C.S.1, and J. E. HALL M.D.1

1 From the Departments of Anaesthesia, Paediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

In thirty-nine children undergoing spine fusion with Harrington instrumentation, measurement of thoracic compliance and elastance was normal in all of the twenty-nine children with idiopathic scoliosis. Compliance was low in three children with paralytic scoliosis but not in seven children with congenital scoliosis.


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