More bad news for the laparoscopic power morcellator. The FBI is now investigating a surgical device that’s been found to spread cancer cells in women, The Wall Street Journal reports. This adds to a ...

On the heels of warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about the risks of using power morcellators in uterine surgery, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has been asked 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 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 ...

FOLFOXIRI Plus Panitumumab As First-Line Treatment of RAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The Randomized, Open-Label, Phase II VOLFI Study (AIO KRK0109) By linking statewide hospital discharge ...

Uncovering the dangers associated with a common surgical tool poses a question: Why is the FDA still following a 1976 process that systematically approves devices based on similarity to other devices ...

Following on the heels of the FDA's advice on the risk of using morcellators for treating fibroids, researchers in France have released results of a study that delineates a method that can avoid the ...

The FDA has announced a series of actions aimed at limiting the use of power morcellators in gynecologic surgeries—such as recommendations that they only be used in certain laparoscopic procedures, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced several new steps designed to make the use of laparoscopic power morcellators (LPMs) safer in gynecologic surgeries. The agency granted ...