Background Scoliosis in skeletally immature children is often treated by implantation of a rod
to straighten the spine. Rods can be distracted (lengthened) as the spine grows, but patients …

Conventional growing rods are the most commonly used distraction-based devices in the
treatment of progressive early-onset scoliosis. This technique requires repeated …

Introduction Early-onset spinal deformities present multiple challenges to the surgeon. They
may be rapidly progressive and unresponsive to conservative treatment, necessitating …

Growing rods treatment successfully controls the deformity while preserving the growth of
spine and thorax, despite high complication rates. Magnetically controlled systems are …

Objective. To report 2-year clinical and radiographic results of patients treated with
magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR). Summary of Background Data. MCGR for …

Background: Deep surgical site infection may change the course of growing-rod treatment of
early-onset scoliosis. Our goal was to assess the effect of this complication on subsequent …

Background: A new method for the management of early-onset scoliosis (EOS) has been
recently introduced: it consists of a magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) that allows …

Study Design. Retrospective case series. Objective. To report the effect of repeated growing
rod (GR) lengthenings on the sagittal and pelvic profile in patients with early-onset scoliosis …

Purpose To assess the effect of frequent small distractions with a magnetically controlled
growing rod (MCGR) on spinal length gain and achieved distraction length in children with …

Study Design: Retrospective review, case series. Objective: Determination of whether
growing rod treatment with routine lengthening every 6 months causes growth stimulation of …