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By Kelly Young
The Cleveland Clinic and the University of Pennsylvania Health System are joining the list of hospitals that will temporarily stop performing morcellation to remove uterine fibroids, the Wall Street Journal reports. Last week, the FDA discouraged physicians from performing the procedure because of the risk for spreading undiagnosed uterine cancer.
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have also halted laparoscopic morcellation.
The chief of gynecologic oncology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis said that some hospitals are moving quickly because of legal concerns. Barnes-Jewish is limiting morcellation to a few experienced surgeons who will use containment bags during the procedure to try to prevent any cancer from spreading.
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Background: Physician's First Watch coverage of FDA warning (Free)