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A "Harrington Rod" used to be placed into the spine to correct Scoliosis, the Harrington rod was used to straighten the spine, this instrument caused many problems and was stopped being used at the end of the late 80s - problems being a loss of lordosis and a condition called flatback syndrome.
Surgeons now try to use pins and screws instead of one piece of metal down the whole spine.
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