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MCGR controls scoliosis progression and allows growth. Functional activity also improves generally. Primary infection rates are low. The overall unplanned return to theatre rates are still high but the psychosocial benefits are obvious.
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Author disclosures: Adil Ahmad: none. Thejasvi Subramanian: none. Pavlos Panteliadis: none. James Wilson-Macdonald: none. Dominique Rothenfluh: none. Colin Nnadi: none.
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Ahmad, A., Subramanian, T., Panteliadis, P. et al. Paper #31: The Oxford 5 year observational study on 35 patients with Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods (MCGR). Spine Deform 5, 455 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.034
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.034