Johns Hopkins researchers recently published information that may increase the number of women who experience complications from morcellation with hysterectomy procedures. The January issue of Obstetrics and & Gynecology details the accounts of three women who submitted to laparoscopic hysterectomy morcellation, ultimately resulting in benign uterine diseases rather than having... Read more »

Each year, about 100,000 women undergo surgical procedures to remove uterine fibroids in U.S. health care facilities. It is estimated that one in 350 removal procedures using power morcellators results in the spread of undetected cancer throughout the body. A power morcellator is a device that uses a fast-spinning blade... Read more »

Last week, in response to calls for a laparoscopic power morcellator recall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the surgical devices would be given a new boxed warning on the labels. The boxed warning is the strictest warning that the FDA requires short of pulling a device from... Read more »

Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and his wife, Dr. Amy Reed, have launched a crusade aimed at convincing the FDA that a complete and total ban on power morcellators is necessary to save lives. Like many other women who have filed a cancer-related power... Read more »