With most Ethicon morcellator cancer lawsuits resolved, parties have asked a federal judge to dissolve the multidistrict litigation formed to handle the pretrial proceedings.
A power morcellator lawsuit filed against LiNA Medical indicates that its XCise Laparoscopic Morcellator spread cancerous cells through a woman's body during a hysterectomy procedure.
The FDA has approved the first morcellation tissue containment system to collect tissue that may contain cancerous cells, but warn that the device is not proven to prevent the spread…
A morcellator cancer lawsuit was filed by a woman who began to suffer endometriosis, claiming that the cancerous cells were spread throughout her body by an Ethicon device.
A new lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon claims that the use of a Gynecare power morcellator spread leiomyosarcoma cancer cells throughout a woman's body, requiring extensive chemotherapy…
A federal judge is giving priority to Ethicon morcellator cases where women are in poor health due to the effects of advanced stage cancer.
A Virginia man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Nouvag and Richard Wolf Medical Instruments, alleging that a Morce Power Plus Morcellator spread undiagnosed cancer through his wife's body,…
Some Ethicon morcellator cancer lawsuits have already been settled, even as a nearly two-year plan is laid out for progressing the cases toward trial.
A lawmaker has asked the FDA to investigate three hospitals which he says may have violated health reporting requirements by not informing the agency that women died of advanced stage…
Two new studies indicate that the survival rate for women with uterine cancer decreases when they undergo laparoscopic hysterectomies and myomectomies involving power morcellation, and that doctors are backing away…
