Fresh Concerns about a Hysterectomy Procedure Linked to Cancer Spread
July 22, 2014
(New York Times) – New evidence adds strength to arguments that doctors should be extremely cautious about using a procedure performed on about 50,000 women a year during surgery to remove the uterus because of the risk that it may spread cancer. The procedure, power morcellation, uses a device to cut uterine tissue into pieces before removal through small incisions made during minimally invasive surgery. It is also used to remove fibroid tumors.