Towards a validated patient-specific computational modeling framework to identify failure regions in traditional growing rods in patients with early onset scoliosis

Background: While growing rods are an important contribution to early-onset scoliosis treatment, rod fractures are a common complication that require reoperations. A recent retrieval analysis study performed on failed traditional growing rods revealed that there are commonalities among patient chara...

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Main Authors: Aakash Agarwal, Manoj Kodigudla, Amey Kelkar, Daksh Jayaswal, Vijay Goel, Vivek Palepu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548420300433