Traditional versus magnetically controlled growing rods in early onset scoliosis surgical treatment.
Farid SamadovHacı Mustafa OzdemirMehmet Ali TalmacSamet ErincSuleyman CakirturkBertan CengizPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
The results of this study showed that the TGR system provided better correction in the coronal plane and was superior in kyphosis restoration than the MGR system. Both methods were successful in lengthening, but complication rates were slightly higher in the MGR cohort. The most common complication was the pullout of the proximal anchors, and this was more common in the MGR. Both TGR and MGR were found to be effective treatments. Lengthening without surgery is a significant advantage of the MGR system, but it has a high revision rate, and Cobb angle correction was found to be less effective than with TGR.