Over the past year, a growing number of product liability lawsuits have been filed by women throughout the U.S., alleging that a hysterectomy surgical device used during laparoscopic procedures, known as a power morcellator, caused the spread of leiomyosarcoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma or other hidden uterine… Read More
[alert type="notice" accent_color="" background_color="" border_size="1px" icon="fa-caret-right" box_shadow="yes" animation_type="0" animation_direction="down" animation_speed="0.1" class="" id=""]UPDATE 10/15/2015: The U.S. JPML issued an order (PDF) establishing centralized pretrial proceedings for all morcellator lawsuits filed against Ethicon, which sold the majority of all devices used in recent years. However, the panel declined… Read More
After a long year of mounting concerns about the risk of cancer being spread by power morcellators, most health experts and government regulators now widely agree that laparoscopic hysterectomy morcellation of uterine fibroids puts women at an unnecessary risk. As a result, the use of morcellators… Read More
Many women diagnosed in recent years with leiomyosarcoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma or other uterine cancer following a hysterectomy or myomectomy remain unaware that the use of power morcellators during a prior fibroid surgery may be to blame for the spread of their cancer. (more…) Read More
Over the past few months, the medical community has quickly come to realize the devastating consequences some women may face as a result of power morcellators used during uterine fibroid surgery, potentially causing the spread of cancer throughout the body and greatly diminishing their chances for… Read More
Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary has announced a uterine fibroid morcellator recall, finally acknowledging that the cancer risk associated with using their device during a laparoscopic hysterecomy or myomectomy surgery is too great. ▸ More Information: Hysterectomy Morcellation Cancer Risk (more…) Read More
The product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing potential lawsuits for women throughout the United States who have been diagnosed with the spread of aggressive cancer following a laparoscopic hysterectomy or uterine fibroid removal surgery where a device known as a power morcellator… Read More
