Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My next question is linked to what we are talking about here. The Chair had a different view in the last session, but I ask for his forbearance now. In July this year, the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, in America issued a notice alerting patients and healthcare providers to the potential risk posed by MAGEC, that is, magnet expansion control, rods. The key concern referred to by the FDA is that the end cap can separate from the device and that these have not been fully tested for-----

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