Rod Lengthening with the Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod

• Main Authors: Cheung, Jason Pui Yin, Yiu, Karen Kar Lum, Samartzis, Dino, Kwan, Kenny Yat Hong, Tan, Boon Beng, Cheung, Kenneth M.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20196/1/Kwan%20K.html; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20196/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044099736&doi=10.1097%2fBRS.0000000000002358&partnerID=40&md5=4b5f76ad285fe6ab3f724653d7380483

Study Design. Prospective study. Objective. To identify the factors that are associated with rod slippage and to study the pattern of achieved length gain with a standard distraction methodology. Summary of Background Data. Ability to achieve successful magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) dis...