Safety Warning about Laparoscopic Power Morcellation in Hysterectomy: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of National Impact

• Main Authors: Xiao Xu (Author), Vrunda B. Desai (Author), Peter E. Schwartz (Author), Cary P. Gross (Author), Haiqun Lin (Author), Maria J. Schymura (Author), Jason D. Wright (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Following a 2014 safety warning (that laparoscopic power morcellation may increase tumor dissemination if patients have occult uterine cancer), hysterectomy practice shifted from laparoscopic to abdominal approach. This avoided morcellating occult cancer, but increased perioperative comp...