• Eur Spine J · Mar 2013

    Review

    Growing rod concepts: state of the art.

    • Muharrem Yazici and Z Deniz Olgun.
    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara 60100, Turkey. yazioglu@hacettepe.edu.tr
    • Eur Spine J. 2013 Mar 1;22 Suppl 2:S118-30.

    IntroductionEarly-onset spinal deformities present multiple challenges to the surgeon. They may be rapidly progressive and unresponsive to conservative treatment, necessitating surgical intervention at an early age.Materials And MethodsThis text attempts to provide a review of current literature and to summarize the authors' opinions.ResultsThis paper attempts to concisely review available literature regarding the growing rod's inception, evolution, technique, results, and complications and answers some of the controversy still surrounding it.ConclusionsThe growing rod is one of the first, most evolved, most popular and one of the most heatedly discussed technique of fusionless spinal instrumentation.

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