Minimally Invasive Controlled Growing Rods for the Surgical Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis—A Surgical Technique Video
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Example of Patients and the Surgical Technique
2.1. Surgical Technique
2.2. Example of Early-Onset Idiopathic Scoliosis
2.3. Example of Congenital Kyphosis
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Grabala, P. Minimally Invasive Controlled Growing Rods for the Surgical Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis—A Surgical Technique Video. J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14, 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14060548
Grabala P. Minimally Invasive Controlled Growing Rods for the Surgical Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis—A Surgical Technique Video. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2024; 14(6):548. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14060548
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrabala, Pawel. 2024. "Minimally Invasive Controlled Growing Rods for the Surgical Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis—A Surgical Technique Video" Journal of Personalized Medicine 14, no. 6: 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14060548