Drs. Amy Reed and Hooman Noorchashm put a public face on the failures of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations lacking oversight over medical devices, until she lost her life due to a morecellation.
Months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned a medical device could spread deadly uterine cancers, many hospitals and doctors are still using them.
Two days before an advisory panel was gathered to look at the controversial medical device called a morcellator, a gynecologist stepped down due to conflict of interest.
Dr. Amy Reed was scheduled to undergo a common surgery to remove fibroids. Little did her doctor know hidden cancer would be released by the medical device, which eventually killed her.
Contributor, Aaron Leigh Horton profiles one mesh implanted woman to see how she is coping.
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