Health-related quality of life and clinical outcomes for magnetically controlled growing rod patients after treatment termination.
Adam A JamnikK Aaron ShawDavid ThornbergAnna McClungChan-Hee JoBrandon RamoAmy McIntoshPublished in: Spine deformity (2024)
While MCGR treatment achieves coronal plane deformity control and facilitates spinal growth, only 7.1% of children experienced a complication-free treatment course when followed to definitive fusion. Patients achieved modest curve correction and spinal growth, while maintaining stable HRQoL outcomes between pre-MCGR and post-DF.