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Large rigid curves can be treated with MCGR and preop traction with equivalent correction to smaller flexible curves and maintain correction over time.
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Author disclosures: Michelle Welborn: none. Timothy Degan: none. Charles D’Amato: K2M. Joseph Ivan Krajbich: none.
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Welborn, M., Degan, T., D’Amato, C. et al. Paper #33: Magnetic Spinal Growth Rods (MCGR) with and without Preoperative Traction for the Treatment of Severe Scoliosis. Spine Deform 5, 456 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.036
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.036