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 ...

CINCINNATI (Liz Bonis) -- Breakthrough technology is making a big difference for kids who are part of a growing trend at Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical center. Some might even say it could ...

PATERSON, N.J.(CBSNewYork)-- Imagine having a young child with scoliosis who needs surgery to straighten their spine. That's traumatic enough, but the surgery may have to be repeated every 6 months.

A surgical magnetic rod system used to treat scoliosis in children has a high failure rate, necessitating multiple surgeries and causing significant morbidity in these young patients, new research ...

Children with crooked backs could benefit from a new treatment that uses magnetic rods to straighten the spine, say draft guidelines for England. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...