Peer-Reviewed Article
Novel use of telescoping growth rods in treatment of early onset scoliosis: An in vivo and in vitro study in a porcine model
Vaudreuil N, Xue J, Ramanathan R, Tisherman R, Dombrowski M, Wang WJ, Bell K; Novel use of telescoping growth rods in treatment of early onset scoliosis: An in vivo and in vitro study in a porcine model; JOR Spine, vol. 1(4), p. e1035, 2018.
Abstract
Treatment of early‐onset scoliosis (EOS) can be difficult. Various forms of growing rods exist to correct deformity while delaying definitive spinal fusion. The disadvantage of traditional growing rods is need for repeated surgical lengthening procedures. Telescoping growth rods (TelGR) are a prototype new, guided growth technology with a rod mechanism that allows spontaneous longitudinal growth over time without manual lengthening. We hypothesized that the TelGR system will permit unrestricted growth with limited complications through 12 weeks in vivo, and that the range of motion (RoM) in each of three directions and stiffness of the TelGR system would not be significantly different than the rigid rod system in vitro.
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