The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued new guidance to warn patients about the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) and myomectomy (fibroids) ...

In late 2013, media coverage of power morcellators, a tool used during laparoscopic hysterectomies, drew attention to the controversy around the device. Patient advocates say that use of morcellators ...

The FDA has cracked down on the use of power morcellators in recent years. The devices are used in gynecological and general laparoscopic procedures to break up uterine fibroids and other tissue ...

In 2015, the Government Accountability Office announced an investigation into power morcellators, bladed, drill-shaped devices used to remove uterine fibroids in minimally invasive procedures. Now, ...

Amy Reed, MD, PhD, and her husband, Hooman Noorchashm, MD, PhD, have waged an often lonely campaign to end the use of cancer-dispersing power morcellators in gynecologic procedures and subject all ...

Uncovering the dangers associated with a common surgical tool poses a question: Why is the FDA still following a 1976 process that systematically approves devices based on similarity to other devices ...

A federal agency knew for years that a type of surgical device implicated in the deaths of women across the nation had the potential to cause a problem but thought the risk was low. The Food and Drug ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning against the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in hysterectomy or myomectomy procedures for the majority of women. Further, the FDA is also ...

The latest information continues to indicate that women with occult cancers who receive laparoscopic power morcellation have higher rates of cancer recurrence and worse outcomes relative to those ...

A report in late May that the FBI is investigating the use of power morcellators during minimally invasive surgery for hysterectomy has renewed interest in what arguably was the biggest women's health ...