Spring Distraction System for Dynamic Growth Guidance of Early Onset Scoliosis: 2 Year Prospective Follow-up of 24 Patients.

Current surgical treatment options for Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS), with distraction-based implants or growth-guidance systems, show limited growth and high complication rates during follow-up. We developed a novel implant concept, which uses compressed helical springs positioned around the rods of a growth-guidance construct. This Spring Distraction System (SDS) provides continuous corrective force to stimulate spinal growth, can be easily contoured, and can be used with all standard spinal instrumentation systems.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research