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Paper #17: Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods: Observed Length Increases are Lower Than Programmed

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A clinical study of early onset scoliosis (EOS) patients following implantation of magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs) demonstrated that increases in rod length were lower than programmed. Tissue depth, but not prior spine instrumentation, affected increases in rod length.

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  1. Sarah Gilday
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  2. Peter Sturm
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  3. Viral Jain
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  4. Mark Schwartz
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  5. Donita Bylski-Austrow
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Author disclosures: Sarah Gilday: None. Peter Sturm: Nuvasive; Medtronic; Depuy Synthes; Biomet; Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics. Viral Jain: Medtronic Sofamor Danek SpineForm. Mark Schwartz: None. Donita Bylski-Austrow: SpineForm, LLC. David Glos: None. Lindsay Schultz: None. Sara O’Hara: Toshiba Medical Ultrasound.

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Gilday, S., Sturm, P., Jain, V. et al. Paper #17: Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods: Observed Length Increases are Lower Than Programmed. Spine Deform 4, 453–454 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2016.09.022

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