Power Morcellator Use Increases Cancer Risk, FDA Verifies
Executive Summary
There is a 1-in-225 to 1-in-580 risk that women getting fibroid removal surgery through hysterectomies or myomectomies may have hidden uterine sarcomas, US FDA said Dec. 14, and verified that power morcellation use during the surgeries will result in higher rates of cancer recurrence.
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