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FDA Oversight and the Magnetic Expansion Control Rod

JAMA Surgery 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.4257

October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses US Food and Drug Administration oversight of magnetic expansion control rods.

Corresponding Author: Jonathan R. Dubin, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2301 Holmes St, Kansas City, MO 64108-2640 (dubinj@umkc.edu; jonathan.dubin@uhkc.org).

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