FDA, hospitals caution against laparoscopic power morcellation during hysterectomy and myomectomy
The FDA’s recent safety communication on the risks of laparoscopic power morcellation prompts Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General hospitals to ban the procedure
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K. Anthony Shibley, MD, a Minneapolis-area ObGyn, has developed a novel strategy to prevent tissue dissemination during open power morcellation, which is demonstrated in a video at obgmanagement.com. Similarly, Ceana Nezhat, MD, and Erica Dun, MD, demonstrate enclosed vaginal morcellation of a large uterus. Click here to access these and other features in the Morcellation Topic Collection.
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