Decision Analysis Results Published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology In a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from The University of ...

In a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy ...

Morcellation, a surgical technique that fragments tissue to facilitate removal through a small incision, has been done routinely by gynecologic surgeons since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

New research is adding to scrutiny of a surgical tool called the laparoscopic power morcellator that the Food and Drug Administration has warned against using in a vast majority of cases because of ...

Last year Martha Montalvo-Ariri underwent a routine hysterectomy to help treat painful uterine fibroids. During surgery, her doctor used a morcellator, a device that cuts the tissue into pieces so it ...

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 ...

The woman whose gynecologic surgery led her and her husband on a mission against a particular surgical instrument has died. Dr. Amy Reed had undiagnosed uterine cancer worsened by the use of a power ...

Power morcellation can spread benign uterine disease, increasing morbidity and necessitating more extensive surgery, according to three case reports from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

A device called a laparoscopic power morcellator, which many doctors have used to remove uterine fibroids, has sparked furious debate in the medical community. Why? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has ...

Medtronic ($MDT) is buying up the gynecology business from Smith & Nephew ($SNN) for about $350 million. The move is particularly interesting since the purchase is ...

Ethicon's Morcellex Sigma Tissue Morcellator--Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson Days after Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) pulled its devices for minimally invasive ...

A study has compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy (with morcellation) with abdominal surgery for hysterectomy in premenopausal women undergoing surgery for presumed uterine fibroids ...