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MAGEC Magnetic Growing Rods to Treat Scoliosis | Mehta Spine

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MAGEC Magnetic Growing Rods to Treat Scoliosis | Mehta Spine

MAGEC Rods treatment is suitable for children whose abnormal spinal curvature is more likely to worsen with age . An expert spine surgeon can diagnosis.


MAGEC rods is an advanced scoliosis treatment procedure that is used to treat children with early onset of scoliosis – particularly for cases with significant curvature of the spine. As a scoliosis treatment for children, it is far more convenient, efficient and offers quicker recovery than traditional growing rod treatment for scoliosis; and in this blog, we help you know why, read on:

Traditional Growing Rods Treatment for Scoliosis – Its Limitations:

For years now, growing rods have been the traditional scoliosis treatment procedure for children suffering from severe spinal curvature which cannot be adequately treated with casting or bracing. The children in the majority of cases are too young for spinal fusion surgery too, making growing rods a standard approach to correct the spinal curvature.


Mr Jwalant S Mehta is a consultant Children and Adult Spinal Surgeon specialising in spinal deformity corrections and treatment of all spinal conditions. His is based in Birmingham at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Additionally, he has practising privileges with the BMI and Spire groups.

He serves on major steering committees of the premier international scoliosis organisation, the Scoliosis Research Society. He is currently serving on the CME and the Research Grant review committees, and is a programme reviewer for the IMAST and the annual meetings. He has recently been appointed as an honorary senior lecturer at the Aston University in Birmingham, heading the Spine module on the MCh (Orth) course.

He is actively involved with teaching and research. He is a Clinical and Educational supervisor with the Birmingham segment of the West Midlands Trauma and Orthopaedics training programme. He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and has authored chapters in text-books. He serves on editorial boards and is a reviewer for European Spine Journal, Spine, Spine Deformity Journal, Global Spine Journal and Bone & Joint Journal (formerly JBJS).


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