JDMS Article - SDMS CME Credit

Article: Sonography of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods: A Quality Initiative in the Creation of a Multidisciplinary Clinic

Authors: Monique C. Riemann, RDMS, RVT, Smita S. Bailey, MD, Nicholas Rubert, PhD, Craig E. Barnes, MD, and Judson W. Karlen, MD

Category: Other [OT]

Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit

Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Sonography of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods: A Quality Initiative in the Creation of a Multidisciplinary Clinic,” you will be able to:

1. Define magnetic expansion control (MAGEC) rods

2. Understand how sonography and radiology help to manage magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs)

3. Explain the use of ultrasound to reduce radiation doses in patients with MCGRs in a multidisciplinary clinic

1. Surgical intervention usually occurs when the spinal curvature reaches:

2. 10 degrees

3. 30 degrees

4. 60 degrees

With MCGRs, how many radiographs would be performed per year?

4

11

6

20

How were sonographic measurements taken of MCGRs?

From the beginning of the inner rod to the end of the curve

From the middle of the inner rod to the point at which the rod curves

From the end of the inner rod to the end of the curve

From the tip of the inner rod to the point at which the rod curves

In this quality improvement study, how did the use of sonography affect the total study visit times for patients who were introduced to MAGEC rod clinic?

Decreased

Increased

Remained the same

Doubled

With the use of sonography in MAGEC rod expansion procedures, radiation exposures can be reduced by up to:

2.5 mSv per year

5.0 mSv per month

2.5 mSv per month

5.0 mSv per year