A Louisiana couple has filed a lawsuit against Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc., claiming that the company’s morcellator products are defective. Audrey Radford had a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with uterine morcellation on Dec. 15, 2014. Very shortly afterwards, she found out that she had uterine cancer. Prior to the procedure, there... Read more »

A date has been set for the initial status conference for all Ethicon morcellator lawsuits that have been consolidated under multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. U.S. The Honorable Kathyryn H. Vratil issued an order on Oct. 16 stated that the meeting will take... Read more »

A new study on power morcellation was recently accepted for publication by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The researchers took a close look at the risks of power morcellation compared with the potential benefits of laparoscopic surgery over open surgery. They also hinted that a recently touted technique,... Read more »

A woman who has experienced catastrophic side effects after power morcellation was used during her 2013 hysterectomy has received support from some federal lawmakers. At the time of her surgery, Dr. Amy Reed unknowingly had uterine cancer that was spread throughout her body by the morcellator. Although Reed chose not to... Read more »

A South Carolina man has filed a morcellator cancer lawsuit against Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc., on behalf of his deceased mother. Michael Watkins believes his mother, Enid Watkins died an untimely death as a result of a hysterectomy using morcellation. On May 5, 2011, Enid Watkins underwent a supracervical hysterectomy and... Read more »

The first hysterectomy morcellation lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania has been scheduled for trial in November 2015. The complaint, which marked the first of dozens involving power morcellators, was filed by a husband on behalf of his deceased wife. According to the plaintiff, his wife died after a power morcellator used... Read more »