title: The use of magnetically controlled growing rod device for pediatric scoliosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the safety and efficacy of an innovative device using distraction-based magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) for the treatment of pediatric scoliosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an evidence-based systematic review of literature for the surgical management of patients with pediatric scoliosis using MCGR technique. Six clinical studies regarding the use of MCGR were included in this review, with a total of 68 patients, and mean age of 8.38 years. The dual-rod (DR) technique of rod construct with MCGR was used in 33.85% and the single-rod (SR) in 66.15% of the patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean preoperative main coronal curve for the DR was 65.9°, and for the SR was 69.6° (p>0.05). At the latest follow-up, it was 36.8° for DR and 43.0 degrees for SR (p<0.05). The mean preoperative T1 - S1 spinal length was 298.7 mm for the DR and 303.5 mm for the SR group (p<0.05). According to the latest follow-up, using the DR construct, the spinal length increased to 347 mm with 13.92% of total lengthening; and using the SR construct, the average lengthening was 339 mm, with 10.48% of total lengthening (p<0.05). Postoperative complications were similar, 25% in DR and 31.57% in the SR group (p>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Level IV of medical evidence supports the use of MCGR as a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of severe pediatric scoliosis. Recommendation Grade C supports the role of MCGR with DR construct as an option to achieve a better correction of the scoliotic curve and to maximize the postoperative T1 - S1 spinal length.
authors.affiliation: Medcare Orthopedic & Spine Hospital, Dubai, UAE. E-mail: nicandro2@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nicandro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Salman F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Kananeh
authors.forename: Heloise H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.forename: Rita C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Mohamed W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Al Sebai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D059346:Magnets; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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