Final Fusion After Growing-Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis: Is It Really Final?
A higher-than-anticipated percentage of patients treated with growing rods required unplanned reoperation following final fusion. Long-term follow-up after final fusion is necessary to determine true final results. Patients and parents need to be counseled regarding the possibility of further surgery after final fusion.
These results suggest that in db/db mice, the K(+) content of saliva may be elevated due to an expression of a maxi-K channel variant, which results from a modification of ductal structure.