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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
Also known as: scoliosis surgery, scoliosis treatment with growing rods.
Scoliosis is a disease that causes a curved spine and other deformities in children. Growing rods surgery is a procedure that’s used to treat scoliosis and minimize its progression.
Growing rod surgery is performed under general anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision in the back of the spine and attaches the rods to the spine with screws. Traditionally, follow-up procedures are needed to adjust the rods as a child grows. Newer forms of growing rods can be adjusted magnetically without the use of surgery.
The patient may need to avoid food, drink and certain medications prior to the procedure.
Infection, bleeding and injury to surrounding organs and tissues are all potential complications of growing rods surgery.
Reviewed by: Stephen George, MD
This page was last updated on: March 26, 2019 12:29 PM