High-profile case linked technique to cancer spreading in patient. March 29, 2014 — -- Two Boston hospitals have made changes to a controversial surgical procedure after questions arose about its ...

FDA highlights cancer risk with surgical procedure. April 17, 2014 — -- A Boston couple behind a campaign to stop doctors from performing a controversial surgical procedure is applauding a new ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that a procedure commonly used during hysterectomies and fibroid surgeries can spread undetected cancer. The procedure, called power morcellation, ...

A gynecologist trade group issued guidelines Thursday discouraging doctors from performing a common surgical technique on older women because of its risk of spreading cancer, though it defended the ...

Morcellation, popular, minimally invasive method for removing uterine growths, is now believed by some experts to increase the risk of spreading cancer. For the procedure, a power tool is used to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today permitted the marketing of the first tissue containment system for use with certain laparoscopic power morcellators to isolate uterine tissue that is ...

The U.S. FDA has issued a final guidance for non-clinical performance testing for tissue containment bags used during power morcellation procedures, and the FDA had recommended in 2020 containment ...

> Highmark's decision to no longer cover laparoscopic power morcellation procedures--which can spread cancer--is a personal call, not just a corporate one, reports the Wall Street Journal. Article > A ...

Use of power morcellators in gynecologic procedures declined dramatically following FDA warnings and guidance, but most procedures continue to be performed without recommended containment bags, review ...

A new study released Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association cautions doctors about using power morcellation to remove the uterus, a procedure close to 50,000 women undergo each ...

-- Two Boston hospitals have made changes to a controversial surgical procedure after questions arose about its safety. The technique, called morcellation, is characterized by a surgeon shredding ...