To our knowledge, the effects of corrective spinal surgery on total respiratory mechanics and its components in anesthetized patients with kyphoscoliosis have not been previously reported in detail. We studied 13 patients with kyposcoliosis; their mean (+/- SD) age was 24.7 +/- 2.1 years; eight underwent anterior and posterior spinal fusions (AF and PF, respectively) two weeks apart (group A), ...

49,xxxxy is rare chromosomal pattern and these patients have mental retardation, small penis, cryptorchidism and skeletal anomalies. we reported a 10 month-old boy who has hypotonia, microcephaly, hypertelorism, depressed nasal bridge, epicanthic folds and bilateral multiple ear tags, high arched palate, down set ears, micrognathia and congenital heart disease such as patent ductus arteriosus (...