Letter to the editor regarding "Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?"

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¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.c.kruyt@umcutrecht.nl.

^# Contributed equally.

Comment

Casper S Tabeling et al. Spine Deform. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;9(4):1207-1208.

doi: 10.1007/s43390-021-00306-6. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.c.kruyt@umcutrecht.nl.

^# Contributed equally.

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Author's response to letter to the editor regarding "Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?".
Roye B, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG; Growing Spine Study Group, Children’s Spine Study Group. Roye B, et al. Spine Deform. 2021 Jul;9(4):1209. doi: 10.1007/s43390-021-00355-x. Epub 2021 May 31. Spine Deform. 2021. PMID: 34057702 No abstract available.

Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?
Roye BD, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG; Growing Spine Study Group; Children’s Spine Study Group. Roye BD, et al. Spine Deform. 2020 Dec;8(6):1375-1384. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00161-x. Epub 2020 Jun 19. Spine Deform. 2020. PMID: 32562099

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