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Posterior Column Release and Lengthening with a Magnetic Growing Rod Construct in Severe Congenital Thoracic Fusion: A Report of 2 Cases.

Michael Trask, Jonathan T Yamaguchi, Gregory Redding, Burt Yaszay, Samuel Browd, Klane K White

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Michael TraskDepartment of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Jonathan T YamaguchiDepartment of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Gregory ReddingDepartment of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Burt YaszayDepartment of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Samuel BrowdDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Klane K WhiteDepartment of Orthopedics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

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Abstract

caseWe describe treatment of severe multilevel congenital thoracic fusion in a 3-year-old girl with Apert Syndrome by posterior element excision, posterior column osteotomies, and gradual distraction with magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) with 3-year follow-up. We also describe short-term follow-up with similar management in an 8-year-old patient with a congenitally fused thoracic spine from Jarcho-Levin syndrome.

conclusionPosterior element resection and targeted posterior column osteotomies combined with gradual distraction with MCGR offers a promising treatment course for children with severe thoracic insufficiency syndrome derived from congenital fusions.

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Abnormalities, MultipleAcrocephalosyndactyliaHernia, DiaphragmaticOsteogenesis, DistractionOsteotomyThoracic VertebraeChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumans

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PMID39446981
PMCPMC11498835

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