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Use of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod Implants for the Spine

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Scoliosis needs surgical correction when the spinal curve surpasses 45 or 50 degrees, especially after skeletal maturity, particularly if it causes loss of lung function. Typically, a posterior fusion has been a standard treatment for scoliosis, and orthopaedic surgeons will use segmental pedicle screw constructs with hooks and wires.

Anterior approaches had been performed for thoracolumbar and lumbar scoliosis with thoracoscopic and/or laparoscopic-assisted techniques using anterior instrumentation for the thoracic curve employing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery techniques but faded out for more fashionable posterior approaches. Selected severe idiopathic scoliosis cases may need manifold vertebral wedge osteotomies without fusion. This chapter will review the literature published on magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) to decrease the complications related to frequent surgical rod lengthenings and diminish numerous surgeries that follow.

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Gagner, M. (2021). Use of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod Implants for the Spine. In: Gagner, M. (eds) Magnetic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73947-8_17

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