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Edmund Campion, MD, Frank C. Wilson Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, was featured on WRAL discussing Magec Rods,\u00a0<\/em> a newly available intervention for adolescents with severe scoliosis.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Edmund Campion, M.D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[From WRAL]\n

A new option to treat scoliosis in children could help some kids avoid multiple surgeries to reposition pins as they age.<\/p>\n

Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, is the most common spinal disorder in children and adolescents. In more rare cases, it can appear in early childhood, and the problem can affect a child’s heart and lungs if not corrected with bracing or with several spinal surgeries.<\/p>\n

Everything seemed normal for 13-year-old Greyson Deal when he was born. But when he was about 15 months old, his mother said something was off.<\/p>\n

“He was learning to crawl and walk and something just didn’t look right,” Kelly Deal said.<\/p>\n

Travis and Kelly Deal learned it was early onset scoliosis, and Greyson’s orthopedist hoped bracing would help correct the problem. Greyson wore a brace for as much as 23 hours a day for the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

“It was really a struggle because I didn’t want to put it on at all,” Greyson Deal said.<\/p>\n

Despite the braces, though, Greyson’s spinal curve continued to increase to 60 degrees.<\/p>\n

“Once a curve gets this big, bracing is really not an option\u2014you can’t control it with bracing,” said orthopedic surgeon Dr. Edmund Campion.<\/p>\n

Watch the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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