With the recent approval of Olympus America’s new power morcellator device, family members of those who have died from cancer spread by the devices struggle to understand how the...
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement in 2014 discouraging the use of power morcellators to remove uterine fibroids, many considered this the end of morcellator...
The laws regarding the reporting of potentially defective medical devices are spotty at best. Doctors themselves are not required to report adverse events to the FDA. Their participation is...
Victims and patient advocates will not soon forget the tragedy of power morcellators. The medical device manufacturers’ failure to warn of the potential for morcellators to spread cancerous cells...
The story of power morcellators is one of utter failure on the part of the FDA. Because the agency doesn’t require doctors to report defective devices, the dangers of...
There has been growing concern that obstetrical and gynecological medical devices are scrutinized far less and therefore are more dangerous than other medical devices. Now representatives from Pennsylvania aim...