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Mechanical wear analysis helps understand a mechanism of failure in retrieved magnetically controlled growing rods: a retrieval study

BACKGROUND: To assess the relationship between mechanical wear and the failure of the internal lengthening mechanism in retrieved MAGnetic Expansion Control (MAGEC) growing rods. METHODS: This study included 34 MAGEC rods retrieved from 20 patients. The state of the internal mechanism and mechanical...

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Autores principales: Wei, Jack Z., Hothi, Harry S., Morganti, Holly, Bergiers, Sean, Dal Gal, Elisabetta, Likcani, Doris, Henckel, Johann, Hart, Alister J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7409688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32758204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03543-4