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A sweeping literature review in JBJS Reviews asks a deceptively simple question: do children with early‑onset scoliosis (EOS) breathe better when we straighten their spines as they grow?

In Pulmonary Function in Early‑Onset Scoliosis, Abigail E. Manning, BA; Gregory Redding, M.D.; Jennifer Bauer, M.D., MS; Burt Yaszay, M.D.; and Scott Yang, M.D., synthesize decades of work from Seattle Children’s and beyond to show why the answer is complicated — and why our metrics need to evolve.


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