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FDA Toughens Power Morcellation Warning Due to Cancer Spreading Risk

Emily

Emily

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/835375
FDA Toughens Power Morcellation Warning

Robert Lowes
November 24, 2014
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a tougher warning against using laparoscopic power morcellators in hysterectomy and myomectomy to remove uterine fibroid tumors, saying surgeons should avoid them in the vast majority of women because of the risk of spreading occult cancerous tissue.
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The FDA stopped short of pulling power morcellators from the market, although one manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, has already done that on a voluntary basis....
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