Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA today released an “immediately in effect” guidance that recommends laparoscopic power morcellators list ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning against the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in hysterectomy or myomectomy procedures for the majority of women. Further, the FDA is also ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released significant changes to its recommendations for the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in gynecologic procedures, including an update to ...

In a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy ...

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 top U.S. health regulator warned Monday that a common surgical tool shouldn’t be used on most women during hysterectomies, a decision that caps nearly a year of debate and is expected to sharply ...

The latest information continues to indicate that women with occult cancers who receive laparoscopic power morcellation have higher rates of cancer recurrence and worse outcomes relative to those ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a tissue container bag for use in certain laparoscopic procedures along with power morcellators, that have been linked to the spread of cancer in women.

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 ...

The FDA is discouraging the use of laparoscopic power morcellation for the removal of the uterus or uterine fibroids in women based on a recent analysis of currently available data. Approximately 1 in ...

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 ...