Female reproductive system (illustration)

FDA: Doctors should not use laparoscopic power morcellators

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TRENTON -- US regulators on Monday strengthened their warning against use of a once-popular device for gynecologic surgery that can spread unsuspected cancer, saying its risk is only justified in a fraction of patients. The Food and Drug Administration updated its April safety warning, saying doctors should not use the devices, called laparoscopic power morcellators, for performing a hysterectomy...