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Spine-Based Growing Rods for the Treatment of Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis

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This case describes an 8-year-old female with idiopathic early-onset scoliosis treated using traditional growing rod (TGR) therapy followed by definitive fusion. Initial coronal major curve correction of 59% was obtained at initial surgery, with 66% correction at final follow-up at 15 years of age.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Laurel C. Blakemore MD & George H. Thompson MD

  2. Cleveland Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Laurel C. Blakemore MD & George H. Thompson MD

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  1. IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  2. Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Craig P. Eberson

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Blakemore, L.C., Thompson, G.H. (2018). Spine-Based Growing Rods for the Treatment of Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis. In: El-Hawary, R., Eberson, C. (eds) Early Onset Scoliosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71580-3_4

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