Medical researchers have found new evidence to support government agency concerns that a surgical device commonly used in hysterectomies could inadvertently spread hidden and potentially fatal cancers in women.
A study by doctors at Columbia University, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that nearly 1 in 370 women who undergoes a hysterectomy using a surgical device called a power morcellator is found to have previously undetected uterine cancers.
