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 ...

NEW YORK, N.C., Aug. 23 (UPI) --Although they were not used in most hysterectomies, the use of electric power morcellators in the procedures has declined significantly since the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A planned clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a device designed to catch cancerous tissue in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An FDA warning about the use of laparoscopic power morcellators to treat uterine fibroids has polarized the ...

A retrospective review reveals that 0.6% of women who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy with power morcellation were diagnosed with uterine sarcoma. Three of these women were diagnosed at the time ...

Irish startup Advanced Surgical Concepts has nabbed an FDA nod for its tissue containment system for use with certain laparoscopic power morcellators. The regulatory go-ahead falls under the agency's ...

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 ...

Undetected cancer among women undergoing a type of minimally invasive hysterectomy or fibroid removal surgery is more common than previously thought, a new study finds. Researchers at Boston Medical ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following quote is attributed to Jeffrey Shuren M.D., J.D., director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health: "Providing women with ...

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, ...