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Dual Growing Rods

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The Growing Spine

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Surgical treatment of early onset scoliosis (EOS) is one of the most difficult challenges in modern pediatric spine surgery. This arises from the fact that young children with progressive spine deformity can have life-threatening cardiopulmonary complications and face severe consequences if left untreated.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego and San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, 4130 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 300, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Akbarnia, B.A., Mundis, G.M., Salari, P. (2011). Dual Growing Rods. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_36

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