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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA today released an “immediately in effect” guidance that recommends laparoscopic power morcellators list ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Minimally invasive hysterectomies with electric power morcellation have varying risks and benefits depending on ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the heels of warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about the risks of using power morcellators in uterine surgery, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has been asked to ...

Laparoscopic power morcellators are electronically powered tools that use a bladed feature to shred uterine fibroids and other tissue so that they may be easily removed through small incision in the ...

Power morcellators are electric surgical devices used to cut tissue that have been used in recent years as an alternative to traditional, abdominal surgical hysterectomies, laparotomies and ...

The US Food and Drug Administration Monday warned against a gynecologic device that has spread cancer in women who thought they had harmless fibroids. In the last year, two-dozen women have reported ...