Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have changed their protocols on morcellation procedures following two cases where the procedure appeared to cause cancer to ...

A surgical technique used to grind up uterine growths and remove them through tiny incisions could increase a woman's risk of cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The FDA ...

Removing the uterus with a minimally invasive procedure known as morcellation carries a risk of spreading undetected cancer, and now a new study pinpoints the likelihood more clearly. Twenty-seven of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An FDA warning about the use of laparoscopic power morcellators to treat uterine fibroids has polarized the ...

A study has compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy (with morcellation) with abdominal surgery for hysterectomy in premenopausal women undergoing surgery for presumed uterine fibroids ...

Procedure is used in hysterectomy, fibroid removal. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday ordered makers of a surgical device used in gynecologic surgery to warn doctors about the tool's ...

Decision Analysis Results Published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology In a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from The University of ...

Among women undergoing a minimally invasive hysterectomy using electric power morcellation, uterine cancers were present in 27 per 10,000 women at the time of the procedure, according to a study.

When Amy Reed, MD, an anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, was diagnosed with fibroids in October, her physician recommended what has become a routine procedure: hysterectomy with ...

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, ...