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Cost analysis of a growth guidance system compared with traditional and magnetically controlled growing rods for early-onset scoliosis: a US-based integrated health care delivery system perspective

PURPOSE: Treating early-onset scoliosis (EOS) with traditional growing rods (TGR) is effective but requires periodic surgical lengthening, risking complications. Alternatives include magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) that lengthen noninvasively and the growth guidance system (GGS), which o...

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Autores principales: Luhmann, Scott J, McAughey, Eoin M, Ackerman, Stacey J, Bumpass, David B, McCarthy, Richard E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29588607
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S152892