Magnetically controlled growing instrumentation for early onset scoliosis: Caution needed when interpreting the literature

Table 3 Summary of articles included for analysis

First author	Yr	Keeper plate?	# Of patients	Primary surgeries	Revisions	% Male	Age at surgery (yr)	Curve magnitude
Hickey[8]	2014	Y	8	4	4	75%	4.5	59.25
Akbarnia[6]	2014	N	12	12	0	42%	6.8	59
Lebon[4]	2017	Y	30	25	5	53%	9.1	66
Akbarnia[2]	2013	N	14	14	0	50%	8.83	60
Thompson[17]	2016	Y	19	11	8	53%	9.1	62
Heydar[14]	2017	Y	16	16	0	37.5%	7.83	62
Heydar[3]	2016	Y	18	18	0	39%	7.3	68
Yılmaz[18]	2016	Y	8	5	3	25%	10.6	---
Keskinen[16]	2016	Y	50	27	23	38.4%		55.2
Hosseini[15]	2016	N	23	15	8	29.2%	7.45	55.35
La Rosa[21]	2017	Y	10	10	0	50%	7.2	64.7
Teoh[11]	2016	Y	8	4	4	---	8.2	60
Rolton[22]	2016	Y	21	10	11	52%	7.8	54
Nnadi[23]	2018	Y	10	10	0	50%	6.2	57.7
Ridderbusch[5]	2017	Y	24	24	0	33%	8.9	63