On Thursday, April 7, 2016, the FDA allowed a new device onto market that claims to contain tissue during power morcellator procedures. The device, PneumoLiner, is not proven to reduce the risk of spreading cancer. The uterine cancer lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm shed light on this new device and its risks below. …
Morcellator Lawsuit Against Lina Medical Settles
Our team of uterine cancer lawyers report on a settlement recently reached between a power morcellator manufacturer and a man whose wife died from uterine cancer. The woman died less than one year after undergoing a hysterectomy using a power morcellator. The plaintiff, a 53-year-old widower named Scott Burkhart, filed suit against Lina Medical ApS after he …
Robotic Surgery Injuries Lead to Lawsuits
A patient suffering severe vein damage by a surgical robot recently sued the robot’s manufacturer for marketing a defective device and improperly training physicians who use it. Surgical robot injury lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm detail this case and others like it we are currently handling. This case was filed by a woman who …
Hysterectomy and Uterine Surgery Cancer Lawsuit Update
Thousands of women who underwent fibroid removal surgery or hysterectomies are suffering from late-stage cancer from a device used in their surgeries. Now, device manufacturers are facing liability as these women and their families file suit. Our team of uterine and ovarian cancer lawyers is constantly updating our clients as soon as new information becomes available. …
UnitedHealth Tightens Rules on Hysterectomies
The country’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, recently announced that it was tightening the rules around hysterectomies and the use of power morcellators. Doctors will not have to gain specific authorization to perform surgeries with morcellators, which are now linked to uterine cancer. Our team of uterine cancer lawyers details these new rules. Starting in April 2015, …
Why Surgeons Defend the Power Morcellator
A surgical device used in hysterectomies, myomectomies and other gynecological procedures is now linked to aggressive and fatal uterine cancer. The device, called a power morcellator, has been banned my top hospitals throughout the country and subject to cancer lawsuits. A group of surgeons, however, continues to defend the power morcellator. Our team of uterine cancer …
Largest U.S. Hospital Chain Stops Power Morcellator Use
The biggest for-profit hospital operator in the country, HCA Holdings, recently announced that power morcellators will no longer be used to remove uterine fibroids in its hospitals.Uterine cancer lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm explain why this announcement was made and how it will impact patients. Power morcellators have just recently come under public scrutiny …
FDA Warns of Uterine Cancer Risk for Hysterectomy, Myomectomy
Women who undergo hysterectomies or myomectomies using a specific medical device called a power morcellator are at significant risk of developing uterine cancer. The FDA and several news outlets are releasing safety updates to women who are thinking of having these surgeries. Uterine cancer lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm are currently investigating cases involving power …
Power Morcellators Pulled From Global Markets
Three companies recently recalled their power morcellator devices due to recent national outcry over their safety. These devices, used in hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures, are now connected to a serious risk of uterine and abdominal cancer. The team of uterine cancer attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm urges all women recently diagnosed with abdominal cancer …