Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General hospitals are largely abandoning a common surgical technique used nationwide for years to perform many hysterectomies, prompted by two recent cases where the procedure dangerously spread undetected cancer. Robert Barbieri, chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Isaac Schiff, chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
