Prompted by the controversial use of power morcellators, which have been linked to the spread cancer, an amendment to a new federal medical research bill concerning the safety monitoring of medical devices passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2015. The bill’s amendment stipulated that “unique device identifiers,” such as the...
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Power Morcellation Led to Stage 4 Cancer for Michigan Woman
A Michigan woman received some devastating news after undergoing power morcellation in 2011 during her laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy: she was diagnosed with stage 4 bone and breast cancer just three years later. A power morcellator, the surgical tool used by her doctor to grind up and remove tissue through a tiny incision in her...
