Dr. Douglas Armstrong is excited to be able to offer the option of magnetic expandable growing rods to parents of children with early onset scoliosis. The externally, remote-controlled rods help ...

Six-year-old Stanley Wesemeyer is extremely active. But when he was younger, early onset scoliosis hindered his childhood fun. Nearly 100,000 kids in the United States share Stanley’s condition and ...

A new magnetic back-straightening rod holds promise for treating children born with curved spines without the need for six-monthly surgery, researchers in Hong Kong said Thursday. At present, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One in every thousand children under the age of 10 has early onset scoliosis. Their spinal curve can be so severe that they have a hard time breathing.

A surgical magnetic rod system used to treat scoliosis in children has a high failure rate, necessitating multiple surgeries and causing significant morbidity in these young patients, new research ...

In most cases, the cause of the curvature is unknown Children with crooked backs could benefit from a new treatment that uses magnetic rods to straighten the spine, say draft guidelines for England.

Children with crooked backs could benefit from a new treatment that uses magnetic rods to straighten the spine, say draft guidelines for England. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...