VIDEO: Second set of growing rods unsuccessful in children with early onset scoliosis
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Key takeaways:
- An initial set of growing rods may be successful in children with early onset scoliosis.
- A second set of growing rods does not continue the spine lengthening process.
Although an initial set of growing rods maintained spinal growth, controlled spinal curvature and promoted proper lung development in children with early onset scoliosis, results showed a second set did not continue the lengthening rate.
“What we found was novel and perhaps also practice-changing,” Suken A. Shah, MD, vice chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, division chief of the Spine and Scoliosis Center and clinical fellowship director at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware, told Healio about results presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting.
Shah continued, “For treatment of children with early onset scoliosis, the first set of magnetically controlled growing rods was successful, but to switch to a second set and to expect continued lengthening at that rate should be reconsidered.”
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Shah SA, et al. The price of another centimeter: Reimplantation with a second set of magnetic growing rods yields diminishing returns. Presented at: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting; April 26-28, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee.
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