A New Type of Growing Rod for the Treatment of Scoliosis

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Dr Hennrikus has disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this commentary. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device. Source: Cheung KM, Cheung JP, Samartzis D, et al. Magnetically controlled growing rods for severe spinal curvature in young children: a prospective case series. Lancet. 2012; 379( 9830): 1967- 1974; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60112-3[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] Investigators from the University of Hong Kong and the San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders designed this prospective study in Hong Kong to determine the effectiveness and safety of a new magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) used to gradually distract or lengthen the spinal curvature in clinic in young growing children with scoliosis. The investigators inserted a single-use sterile titanium spinal distractible rod with an enlarged … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DLancet%26rft.stitle%253DLancet%26rft.aulast%253DCheung%26rft.auinit1%253DK.%2BM.%26rft.volume%253D379%26rft.issue%253D9830%26rft.spage%253D1967%26rft.epage%253D1974%26rft.atitle%253DMagnetically%2Bcontrolled%2Bgrowing%2Brods%2Bfor%2Bsevere%2Bspinal%2Bcurvature%2Bin%2Byoung%2Bchildren%253A%2Ba%2Bprospective%2Bcase%2Bseries.%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1016%252FS0140-6736%252812%252960112-3%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F22520264%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60112-3&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=22520264&link_type=MED&atom=%2Faapgrand%2F28%2F4%2F48.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000304757700031&link_type=ISI