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European Spine Journal
Published in: European Spine Journal 6/2017

01-06-2017 | Author's Reply

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of A. Agarwal et al. concerning “Rod fracture lengthening intervals in traditional growing rods: is there a relationship?” by P. Hosseini et al. Eur Spine J (2016); doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4786-8

Author: Pooria Hosseini

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 6/2017

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We would like to thank the authors of this letter for their interest in our study [1]. To address their concerns, we would like to make it clear that the purpose of the current study was to determine whether there is a relationship between lengthening intervals and incidence of rod fracture in traditional growing rod (TGR) surgery. This study was not designed to validate previously reported finite element analysis (FEA) findings with clinical data. Therefore, the authors’ comment, “The premise of their research was to test the conclusion of our previously published article(s), in a clinical scenario” is not correct. …
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Hosseini P, Pawelek JB, Nguyen S, Thompson GH, Shah SA, Flynn JM et al (2016) Rod fracture and lengthening intervals in traditional growing rods: is there a relationship? Eur Spine J. doi:10.​1007/​s00586-016-4786-8 PubMed
2.
Yang JS, McElroy MJ, Akbarnia BA, Salari P, Oliveira D, Thompson GH et al (2010) Growing rods for spinal deformity: characterizing consensus and variation in current use. J Pediatr Orthop 30(3):264–270CrossRefPubMed
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Title
Answer to the Letter to the Editor of A. Agarwal et al. concerning “Rod fracture lengthening intervals in traditional growing rods: is there a relationship?” by P. Hosseini et al. Eur Spine J (2016); doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4786-8
Author
Pooria Hosseini
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5103-x

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