Systematic review of the complications associated with magnetically controlled growing rods for the treatment of early onset scoliosis

C Thakar, DC Kieser, M Mardare, S Haleem… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To analyse the complication profile of magnetically controlled growing rods
(MCGRs) in early onset scoliosis (EOS). Methods This is a systematic review using …

Early-onset scoliosis: a narrative review

G Ruiz, NJ Torres-Lugo, P Marrero-Ortiz… - EFORT open …, 2022 - eor.bioscientifica.com
Early-onset scoliosis (EOS) is defined as any spinal deformity that is present before 10 years
old, regardless of etiology. Deformity must be evaluated based on the intercorrelation …

Prospective follow-up report on anterior vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis: interim results from an FDA IDE study

AF Samdani, JM Pahys, RJ Ames, H Grewal… - JBJS, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anterior vertebral body tethering (aVBT) has emerged as a novel treatment
option for patients with idiopathic scoliosis. We present the results from the first US Food and …

Mean 6-year follow-up of magnetically controlled growing rod patients with early onset scoliosis: a glimpse of what happens to graduates

JPY Cheung, K Yiu, K Kwan, KMC Cheung - Neurosurgery, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND There is no agreement on frequency of distractions of magnetically
controlled growing rods (MCGRs) but more frequent and smaller amounts of distractions …

A comparison of the post-fusion outcome of patients with early-onset scoliosis treated with traditional and magnetically controlled growing rods

M Tahir, D Mehta, C Sandhu, M Jones… - The Bone & Joint …, 2022 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients
with early-onset scoliosis (EOS), who had undergone spinal fusion after distraction-based …

Current status of the magnetically controlled growing rod in treatment of early-onset scoliosis: what we know after a decade of experience

JPY Cheung, KMC Cheung - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) has had approximately 10 years of clinical
experience worldwide. Clinical effectiveness to control early-onset scoliosis is consistent …

Magnetic controlled growth rods in the treatment of scoliosis: safety, efficacy and patient selection

AI Tsirikos, SB Roberts - Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Early-onset scoliosis is defined as a spinal curvature greater than 10° in children prior to 10
years of age. Untreated EOS may lead to progressively severe spinal deformity, impaired …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetically controlled growing rod treatment for early-onset scoliosis: analysis of 52 consecutive cases demonstrates improvement of coronal deformity

F Ellinger, H Tropp, P Gerdhem… - Journal of Spine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The purpose of this study was to report the radiographic results and
complications of magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) treatment in patients with …

Comparative efficacy and complications of single and dual growing rods for early-onset scoliosis: an updated meta-analysis

T Wang, N Fan, L Zang, S Yuan, P Du, F Si… - European Spine …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This updated meta-analysis aimed to compare single and dual growing rods,
including both traditional growing rod and magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) …

Magnetically controlled growing rods in early onset scoliosis: radiological results, outcome, and complications in a series of 22 patients

P Obid, K Yiu, K Cheung, K Kwan, M Ruf… - Archives of Orthopaedic …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) for the surgical treatment of early
onset scoliosis (EOS) allow non-invasive outpatient based distractions during spinal growth …