Information with regard to the patient's gender, age, and weight were not provided.The alleged broken magec rod was removed and the patient was implanted with a new magec rod, without incident.To date, the device has not been returned; therefore, no evaluation can be conducted.A dhr review revealed that there were no deviations from the manufacturing process and that the device was released within specifications.This is not an unusual event for growing rod patients.In the literature, growing rods have been reported to break in approximately 25% of cases (bess s, et.Al., "complications of growing-rod treatment for early onset scoliosis: analysis of one hundred and forty patients", j bone joint surg am.2010; 92: 1-11.).
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