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OI Issues: Rodding Surgery

Internet URL

http://www.oif.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Rodding  External Link

Sponsoring Agency

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, Inc.

Description

Rodding surgery involves internal "splinting" of the long bones by means of the insertion of a metal rod. Under general anesthesia, a long bone (e.g., a leg or arm bone) may be cut in one or several places, straightened and "threaded" onto a metal rod.

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Review Date

1/12/2007