Two new studies have examined the risk of morcellator hysterectomy complications as the controversy over the medical devices continues. Both studies, which were published in February, looked specifically at whether the morcellators could worsen some types of uterine cancer. The results come on the heels... Read More

 Each year, more than 200,000 women undergo surgeries performed with power morcellators and an alarming number have gone on to develop advanced cancer. One of these women, Denise Whitfield, recently filed a morcellator-related cancer lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District... Read More

A new study looking at morcellators spreading cancer found that doctors are unable to detect potential cancer cells prior to a procedure using power morcellation. Power morecellators have become popular in recent years, due to the ability to perform hysterectomies and other procedures using less... Read More

Johns Hopkins University recently announced their decision to discontinue use of power morecellators for some types of surgical procedures in women over the age of 50. The decision was made in hopes of reducing the risk of morcellation and uterine cancer, a concern that has... Read More

Over the past year, news reports have brought attention to cancer risks that are increased by power morcellation with hysterectomy procedures. But gaining less attention is the risk that the procedure may spread other benign, but still life-disrupting, uterine diseases. Earlier this year, Obstetrics &... Read More

On November 25, Bloomberg News reported that HCA Holdings, which is one of the country’s largest hospital networks with 280 hospitals and clinics both here and England, will halt the use of power morcellators in hysterectomy or fibroid tumor removals. The power morcellation ban came... Read More

On November 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement that “boxed warning” labels would be added to laparoscopic power morcellators ─ a device used to grind up uterine fibroid growths. This hysterectomy morcellation warning follows a July FDA recommendation stating it isn’t... Read More

In a series of open letters to the FDA, cardiac surgeon Hooman Noorchashm blatantly asks why health regulators have yet to enforce a mandatory power morcellator recall, in light of overwhelming evidence that the devices can spread undetected cancer. The Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeon,... Read More