Sistema de barras magnéticas. Resultados y complicaciones
Barra lateral del artículo
Publicado:
jun 17, 2023
Palabras clave:
Escoliosis, comienzo temprano, barras de crecimiento controlado magnéticamente, cirugía, columna, deformidad de columna, pediatría
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Introducción: El uso del sistema de barras magnéticas para el tratamiento de la escoliosis de comienzo temprano es un método utilizado en los últimos 10 años; su eficacia está respaldada por la bibliografía, pero no está exento de complicaciones.
Objetivo: Analizar retrospectivamente una serie de 37 pacientes tratados con barras magnéticas en escoliosis de comienzo temprano.
Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo entre 2014 y 2019. Se dividió a los pacientes en: grupo 1 (procedimientos primarios con barras magnéticas) y grupo 2 (conversiones de sistema tradicional a barras magnéticas).
Resultados: Se incluyó a 19 niñas y 18 niños (edad promedio 8 años al operarse), las etiologías fueron variadas. Entre el grupo 1 (n = 28) y el grupo 2 (n = 9), el seguimiento promedio posoperatorio fue de 3.6 años. El valor angular promedio preoperatorio de escoliosis era de 64° (rango 39°-101°) y el de cifosis, de 51° (rango 7°-81°). El valor angular promedio de escoliosis en el posoperatorio inmediato fue de 41° (rango 17°-80°) y el de cifosis, de 34° (rango 7°-82°). Se produjeron 2 roturas de barra y una cifosis de unión proximal, 2 aflojamientos de tornillos proximales, una falla del sistema de distracción de barras magnéticas y una infección del sitio quirúrgico.
Conclusiones: Nuestros resultados preliminares, aunque son a corto plazo, sugieren que la barra magnética podría ser un método eficaz en este tipo de enfermedad.
Objetivo: Analizar retrospectivamente una serie de 37 pacientes tratados con barras magnéticas en escoliosis de comienzo temprano.
Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo entre 2014 y 2019. Se dividió a los pacientes en: grupo 1 (procedimientos primarios con barras magnéticas) y grupo 2 (conversiones de sistema tradicional a barras magnéticas).
Resultados: Se incluyó a 19 niñas y 18 niños (edad promedio 8 años al operarse), las etiologías fueron variadas. Entre el grupo 1 (n = 28) y el grupo 2 (n = 9), el seguimiento promedio posoperatorio fue de 3.6 años. El valor angular promedio preoperatorio de escoliosis era de 64° (rango 39°-101°) y el de cifosis, de 51° (rango 7°-81°). El valor angular promedio de escoliosis en el posoperatorio inmediato fue de 41° (rango 17°-80°) y el de cifosis, de 34° (rango 7°-82°). Se produjeron 2 roturas de barra y una cifosis de unión proximal, 2 aflojamientos de tornillos proximales, una falla del sistema de distracción de barras magnéticas y una infección del sitio quirúrgico.
Conclusiones: Nuestros resultados preliminares, aunque son a corto plazo, sugieren que la barra magnética podría ser un método eficaz en este tipo de enfermedad.
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Falconi, B., Remondino, R. G., Piantoni, L., Tello, C., Galaretto, E., Frank, S., & Noel, M. A. (2023). Sistema de barras magnéticas. Resultados y complicaciones. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 88(3), 302-313. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2023.88.3.1537
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2. Williams BA, Matsumoto H, McCalla JD, Akbarnia BA, Blakemore LC, Betz RR, et al. Development and initial
validation of the classification of early onset scoliosis (CEOS). J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014;96(16):1359-67.
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3. Campbell RM, Smith MD. Thoracic insufficiency syndrome and exotic scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am
2007;89(Suppl 1):108-22. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.F.00270
4. Pehrsson K, Larsson S, Nachemson A. Long-term follow-up of patients with untreated scoliosis. A study of
mortality, causes of death, and symptoms. Spine (Phila Pa 1979) 1992;17(9):1091-6.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199209000-00014
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Scoliosis Surgery. J Pediatr Orthop 2020;40(7):e621-e628. https://doiorg/10.1097/BPO.0000000000001473
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controlled growing rods. Orthopedics 2020;43(6):e601-e608. https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20200910-04
7. Vitale MG, Matsumoto H, Roye DP Jr, Bye MR, Gomez JA, Booker WA, et al. A retrospective cohort study of
pulmonary function, radiographic measures, and quality of life in children with congenital scoliosis: an evaluation of patient outcomes after early spinal fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2008;33(11):1242-9.
https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181714536
8. Sankar WN, Acevedo DC, Skaggs DL. Comparison of complications among growing spinal implants. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010;35(23):2091-6. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c6edd7
9. Cheung KM, Cheung JP, Samartzis D, Mak K, Wong Y, Akbarnia BA, et al. Magnetically controlled growing rods
for severe spinal curvature in young children: a prospective case series. Lancet 2012;379:1967-74.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60112-3
10. Yang S, Andras LM, Redding GJ, Skaggs DL. Early-onset scoliosis: A review of history, current treatment, and
future directions. Pediatrics 2016;137(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-0709
11. Beaven A, Gardner AC, Spilbury JB, Marks DS, Mehta JS, Newton-Ede M, et al. Magnetically controlled growing
rods: The experience of mechanical failure from a single center consecutive series of 28 children with a minimum
follow-up of 2 years. Asian Spine J 2018;12(5):794-802. https://doi.org/10.31616/asj.2018.12.5.794
12. Cyr M, Hilaire TS, Pan Z, Thompson GH, Vitale MG, Garg S, et al. Classification of early onset scoliosis has
excellent interobserver and intraobserver reliability. J Pediatr Orthop 2017;37(1):e1-e3. https://doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0000000000000688
13. Cheung JPY, Cheung KM. Current status of the magnetically controlled growing rod in treatment of early-onset scoliosis: What we know after a decade of experience. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2019;27(3):2309499019886945. https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499019886945
14. Skov ST, Wijdicks SPJ, Bünger C, Castelein RM, Li H, Kruyt MC. Treatment of early-onset scoliosis with a hybrid
of a concave magnetic driver (magnetic controlled growth rod) and a contra-lateral passive sliding rod construct
with apical control: preliminary report on 17 cases. Spine J 2018;18(1):122-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.06.027
15. Choi E, Yaszay B, Mundis G, Hosseini P, Pawelek J, Alanay A, et al. Implant complications after magnetically
controlled growing rods for early onset scoliosis: A multicenter retrospective review. J Pediatr Orthop
2017;37(8):e588-e592. https://doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0000000000000803
16. Obid P, Yiu K, Cheung K, Kwan K, Ruf M, Cheung JPY. Magnetically controlled growing rods in early onset
scoliosis: radiological results, outcome, and complications in a series of 22 patients. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
2021;141(7):1163-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-020-03518-z
17. Dannawi Z, Altaf F, Noordeen H, Harshavardhana NS, El Sebaie H. Early results of a remotely-operated magnetic growth rod in early-onset scoliosis. Bone Joint J 2013;95-B(1):75-80.
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.95B1.29565
18. Rolton D, Richards J, Nnadi C. Magnetic controlled growth rods versus conventional growing rod systems in the treatment of early onset scoliosis: a cost comparison. Eur Spine J 2015;24(7):1457-61.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3699-7
19. Bekmez S, Dede O, Yazici M. Advances in growing rods treatment for early onset scoliosis. Curr Opin Pediatr
2017;29(1):87-93. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000000432
20. Yilmaz G, Huri G, Demirkran G, Dağloğlu K, Ozkan C, Alanay A, et al. The effect of posterior distraction on
vertebral growth in immature pigs: an experimental simulation of growing rod technique. Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
2010;35(7):730-3. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bcc3a3
21. Pasha S, Sturm PF. Contouring the magnetically controlled growing rods: impact on expansion capacity and proximal junctional kyphosis. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 2021;31(1):79-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-020-02743-x
22. Tello CA. Harrington instrumentation without arthrodesis and consecutive distraction program for young children with severe spinal deformities. Experience and technical details. Orthop Clin North Am 1994;25:333-51.
PMID: 8159406
23. Bekmez S, Afandiyev A, Dede O, Karaismailoğlu E, Demirkiran HG, Yazici M. Is magnetically controlled growing rod the game changer in early-onset scoliosis? A preliminary report. J Pediatr Orthop 2019;39(3):e195-e200. https://doi.org/10.1097/bpo.0000000000001268
24. Jenks M, Craig J, Higgins J, Willits I, Barata T, Wood H, et al. The MAGEC system for spinal lengthening in
children with scoliosis: A NICE Medical Technology Guidance. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2014;12:587-99.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-014-0127-4
25. Rushton PRP, Smith SL, Forbes L, Bowey AJ, Gibson MJ, Joyce TJ. Force testing of explanted magnetically
controlled growing rods. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2019;44(4):233-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000002806
26. Yoon WW, Chang AC, Tyler P, Butt S, Raniga S, Noordeen H. The use of ultrasound in comparison to radiography in magnetically controlled growth rod lengthening measurement: a prospective study. Eur Spine J 2015;24(7):1422-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3589-z
27. Stokes OM, O’Donovan EJ, Samartzis D, Bow CH, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC. Reducing radiation exposure in earlyonset scoliosis surgery patients: novel use of ultrasonography to measure lengthening in magnetically-controlled growing rods. Spine J 2014;14(10):2397-404. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.01.039
28. Cheung JPY, Yiu KKL, Bow C, Cheung PWH, Samartzis D, Cheung KMC. Learning curve in monitoring
magnetically controlled growing rod distractions with ultrasound. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42(17):1289-94.
https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000002114
29. Thompson GH, Akbarnia BA, Campbell RM Jr. Growing rod techniques in early-onset scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop
2007;27(3):354-61. https://doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0b013e3180333eea
30. Heydar AM, Şirazi S, Bezer M. Magnetic controlled growing rods as a treatment of early onset scoliosis: Early
results with two patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2016;41(22):E1336-E1342. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000001614
31. Mardare M, Kieser DC, Ahmad A, Tubramanian T, Haleem S, Thakar C, et al. Targeted distraction: Spinal growth in children with early-onset scoliosis treated with a tail-gating technique for magnetically controlled growing rods. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2018;43(20):1225-31. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000002668
32. Kwan KYH, Alanay A, Yazici M, Demirkiran G, Helenius I, Nnadi C, et al. Unplanned reoperations in magnetically controlled growing rod surgery for early onset scoliosis with a minimum of two-year follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017;42(24):E1410-E1414. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000002297
33. Zarei M, Tavakoli M, Ghadimi E, Moharrami A, Nili A, Vafaei A, et al. Complications of dual growing rod with allpedicle screw instrumentation in the treatment of early-onset scoliosis. J Orthop Surg Res 2021;16(1):112.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02267-y
34. Teoh KH, Winson DM, James SH, Jones A, Howes J, Davies PR, et al. Do magnetic growing rods have lower
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