No Difference in the Rates of Unplanned Return to the Operating Room Between Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods and Traditional Growth Friendly Surgery for Children With Cerebral Palsy
Conclusion:
For patients with EOS secondary to CP, there was no difference in the risk of UPROR within the first 2 years postoperatively whether treated with TGF surgery or with MCGRs (23% TGF, 21% MCGR).
Level of Evidence:
Level III—retrospective cohort, therapeutic study.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Cerbral Palsy Source Type: research
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