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Patients undergoing primary insertion of magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) compared to Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) have higher overall complication and implant-related complications per procedure despite similar complication risk per patient. While there was a reduction in total repetitive surgeries in patients with MCGR implants, there was no significant difference in mean unplanned OR visits per patient between the groups.
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Author disclosures: Benjamin Roye: none. Chun Wai Hung: none. Hiroko Matsumoto: Children’s Spine Foundation, Scoliosis Research Society, CPIRF; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Megan Campbell: none. David P Roye: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery — American; Children’s Spine Foundation; CPIRF; CSSG; OMEGA; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Biomet; International Healthcare Leadership; Cerebral Palsy Foundation; Children of China; Global Health Pass; Global Health Pass; International Healthcare Leadership; Medtronic; OMEGA; OMeGA Medical Grants; Stryker. Michael Vitale: Childrens Spine Foundation; IPOS; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; SSG; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Stryker; Wellinks; Biomet; CSSG, Scoliosis Research Society, OSRF; DePuy; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; FOX; Medtronic; OMEGA; Synthes.
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Roye, B., Hung, C.W., Matsumoto, H. et al. Paper #23: Comparison of Complications and unplanned OR visits between Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods and Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib. Spine Deform 5, 451–452 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.026
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.026