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Table 2 Pulmonary function test and Cobb’s angle before and after surgery

From: Pulmonary function before and after surgical correction of scoliosis

Factors

Before

After

Difference

P

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

FVC%

62.40±18.06

60.91±17.98

1.49±5.55

0.15

VC%

60.70±17.81

59.17±17.52

1.53±5.04

0.11

FEV1%

65.67±20.00

64.04±19.39

1.63±5.75

0.13

FEF 25–75%

79.67±28.49

80.27±28.03

-0.60±5.25

0.54

Cobb’s angle

57.33±13.63

21.20±7.23

36.13±8.30

<0.001*

  1. FVC% forced vital capacity, VC% vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume at first second, FEF forced expiratory flow
  2. *Denote significance