Metallosis is commonly associated with magnetically controlled growing rods; results from an independent multicentre explant database

The STRYDE limb lengthening nail is susceptible to mechanically assisted crevice corrosion: an analysis of 23 retrieved implants

“…In agreement with our results, Vogt et al (2021) and Iliadis et al (2021a) also reported corrosion after metallurgical analysis of retrieved STRYDE nails. While reports of implant failures in limb-lengthening nails are rare (Frost et al 2021), the related magnetically controlled spinal growing rod devices (MAGEC, NuVasive, San Diego, CA, USA) have been highly investigated in recent years (Tang et al 2019, Akbarnia and Mundis 2019, Agarwal et al 2020, Tsirikos and Roberts 2020, Wei et al 2020, Rushton et al 2021. In these spinal implants, wear debris causing metallosis, i.e., discoloration of the surrounding soft tissue, originally drew surgeons' attention to the matter.…”

Explant Analysis of a Discocerv Cervical Disc: A Case Study for a Ceramic-on-Ceramic Cervical Disc

“…the explanted Discocerv disc, which as discussed previously were found to be adhered metallic debris, could be the reason for the metallosis observed. The unknown implications arising from metallosis due to spinal implants has been highlighted recently (Rushton et al, 2021).…”

Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Scoliosis: Historical Origins and Review of Current Techniques

“…Hook or screw fixation is obtained at the cephalad and caudal segments of a deformity and either single or dual rods are used to connect the fixation points ( Figure 3 ). Rods are lengthened in a physician’s office using a handheld magnetic device, which rotates an actuator within the rod and causes lengthening [ 62 , 63 ]. MGRs have grown significantly in popularity since their introduction, comprising < 5% of all growing rods in 2007–2008 and increasing to 83% in 2016–2017 [ 64 ].…”