Joseph A Buckwalter1, Stuart Weinstein2. 1. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 01085 JPP, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. E-mail address: joseph-v-buckwalter@uiowa.edu. 2. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 01026 JPP, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.
Abstract
CASE: We present two cases of successful staged placement of standard growing-rod instrumentation for early-onset scoliosis in children with metabolic bone disease and poor bone quality. CONCLUSION: Because use of growing-rod surgery is increasing throughout the world, we propose that a staged approach to placement of growing rods is a practical and safe option for surgeons who encounter patients with early-onset scoliosis and concomitant poor bone quality.
CASE: We present two cases of successful staged placement of standard growing-rod instrumentation for early-onset scoliosis in children with metabolic bone disease and poor bone quality. CONCLUSION: Because use of growing-rod surgery is increasing throughout the world, we propose that a staged approach to placement of growing rods is a practical and safe option for surgeons who encounter patients with early-onset scoliosis and concomitant poor bone quality.
Authors: Kelly M Werner; Allison J Cox; Emily Qian; Preti Jain; Weizhen Ji; Irina Tikhonova; Christopher Castaldi; Kaya Bilguvar; James Knight; Sacha Ferdinandusse; Rima Fawaz; Yong-Hui Jiang; Patrick G Gallagher; Matthew Bizzarro; Jeffrey R Gruen; Allen Bale; Hui Zhang Journal: Am J Med Genet A Date: 2021-10-08 Impact factor: 2.802