A new study written for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that laparoscopic power morcellator myomectomies may have a lower rate of spreading cancer than power morcellator hysterectomies.
Power morcellators, a type of medical device used in minimally invasive surgery, have already been found to pose a risk of spreading unsuspected cancer in patients. In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue reading...
According to the Wall Street Journal, twelve members of Congress have called upon the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took so long to warn about the cancer-spreading risks of power morcellators. “Hundreds, if not thousands of women in America are dead because of a medical device known as the laparoscopic power morcellator,” ...
Nasdaq reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating laparoscopic power morcellators, a type of surgical tool known to spread cancer in women. According to the article, in recent months the FBI has interviewed a retired pathologist who notified Johnson & Johnson—the largest manufacturer of power morcellators—of the problems associated with the device; a doctor who has spoken out about power morcellators’ cancer-spreading ...
