@article{4790c2d5e5024033ad26641320b6d82c,
title = "Paper #41: Two Year HRQOL Measures are Similar Between Magnetically-Controlled Growing Rod Patients and Traditional Growing Rod Patients",
abstract = "Despite having lower HRQoL domain scores pre-operatively, EOS patients treated with magnetically-controlled growing (MCGR) had similar EOSQ-24 domain scores after two years of treatment compared to patients treated with traditional growing rods (TGR).",
author = "{Children{\textquoteright}s Spine Study Group} and {Growing Spine Study Group} and David Skaggs and Behrooz Akbarnia and Jeff Pawelek and Hiroko Matsumoto and {St Hilaire}, Tricia and Sturm, {Peter F.} and P{\'e}rez-Grueso, {Francisco Javier S{\'a}nchez} and Scott Luhmann and Paul Sponseller and John Smith and Klane White and Michael Vitale",
note = "Funding Information: Author disclosures: David Skaggs: Growing Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Study Group; Scoliosis Research Society, Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics; Spine Deformity; Biomet; Orthobullets; Grand Rounds; Medtronic; Zipline Medical, Inc; Grand Rounds; Zimmer Biomet; Greensunmedical; Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: Scientific Forum Grant/Spine Care; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America & Scoliosis Research Society, paid to Columbia University; Ellipse; Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Medtronic & Biomet; Biomet Spine; Johnson and Johnson. Behrooz Akbarnia: Nuvasive; Depuy Synthes; K2M; Nocimed; Springer. Jeff Pawelek: San Diego Spine Foundation; Growing Spine Foundation; Nuvasive. Hiroko Matsumoto: Children{\textquoteright}s Spine Foundation, Scoliosis Research Society, CPIRF; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Tricia St. Hilaire: none. Peter F. Sturm: DePuy Spine; Journal of Children{\textquoteright}s Orthopaedics; Scoliosis Research Society; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; Biomet; Depuy Synthes; Medtronic; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; Ellipse Technologies; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Nuvasive. Francisco Javier S{\'a}nchez P{\'e}rez-Grueso: K2M. Scott Luhmann: Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Stryker, Nuvasive; Orthopediatrics; Globus Medical; Wolters Kluwer. Paul Sponseller: Oakstone Medical; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; Scoliosis Research Society; Depuy Synthes; DePuy Synthes Spine; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; Globus Medical; Globus. John Smith: Chest Wall and Spine Deformity Research Foundation; Children{\textquoteright}s Spine Foundation; Biomet; DePuy Synthes; Depuy Synthes, Spine; Ellipse Technologies; Globus Medical; Spinegaurd; Synthes; VEPTR 2. Klane White: Biomarin Pharmceuticals; UpToDate; Biomarin; Genzyme; Medicrea. Michael Vitale: Childrens Spine Foundation; IPOS; Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; SSG; Medtronic Sofamor Danek; Stryker; Wellinks; Biomet; CSSG, Scoliosis Research Society, OSRF; DePuy; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company; FOX; Medtronic; OMEGA; Synthes. Children{\textquoteright}s Spine Study Group: DePuy Synthes Research Grant. Growing Spine Study Group: Growing Spine Foundation Research Grant Nuvasive Research Grant.",
year = "2017",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.044",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "461--462",
journal = "Spine Deformity",
issn = "2212-134X",
number = "6",
}