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Morcellation Cancer
Power morcellators are used to perform about 50,000 hysterectomy and myomectomy procedures every year. Surgeons use the devices to remove patients’ uteruses or uterine fibroids through small incisions, allowing for faster healing times than traditional surgeries. But studies have shown that morcellators can drastically accelerate the spread of cancer by dispersing slow-growing cancer cells throughout body tissues in the abdominal (more...)