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Outcomes of a prospective treatment decision made at the commencement of growing rod treatment: remove all hardware and leave the spine free of implants when patients reached 14 years of age.
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Author disclosures: Z. Deniz Olgun: None. Aykut Kocyigit: None. Mehmet Eroglu: None. H. Gokhan Demirkiran: None. Mehmet Ayvaz: None. Muharrem Yazici: DePuy Synthes.
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Olgun, Z.D., Kocyigit, A., Eroglu, M. et al. Paper #9: Graduation Protocol After Growing Rod Treatment: Is Removal of Hardware Without New Instrumentation a Realistic Approach?. Spine Deform 4, 450 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2016.09.014
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