Outcomes of Primary and Conversion Magnetically Controlled Growth Rods Are Different at Two-Year Follow-up: Results of North American Release

ConclusionsPatients with primary MCGR insertion can be expected to have greater radiographic correction and spine length gain than those with conversion from growth-friendly instrumentation to MCGR, most likely because of increased spine stiffness in conversion patients. The rate of complications, primarily implant-related, remains higher in conversion than in primary insertion patients.Level of EvidenceLevel III.
Source: Spine Deformity - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research