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.