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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

> 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 ...

The FDA has cracked down on the use of power morcellators in recent years. The devices are used in gynecological and general laparoscopic procedures to break up uterine fibroids and other tissue ...

Hooman Noorchashm and his wife, Amy Reed, physicians who launched a national campaign to stop power morcellation, were subjected to enhanced security procedures before Reed was admitted to the ...