High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) often originates in the fallopian tube fimbriae, not the ovarian surface epithelium. Opportunistic salpingectomy is recommended during benign gynecologic ...

Over the past decade, Black and Hispanic patients were consistently more likely to receive invasive surgical procedures to manage a tubal ectopic pregnancy than white patients, according to a ...

Opportunistic salpingectomy should be considered for women undergoing gynecological pelvic surgery to reduce future ...

Women whose Fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

A simple add-on surgery could cut the risk of deadly ovarian cancer by about 80%, but most women aren’t told about it.

Women whose fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

Hi! I'm Alice, and when I was 26, I received a bilateral salpingectomy (aka I had my fallopian tubes removed). Alice Lahoda The entire experience of getting my tubes removed was long and frustrating, ...

Learn about a procedure that can prevent the most common form of ovarian cancer: a salpingectomy, or removal of the fallopian tubes. Every year, 295,000 women are diagnosed around the world with ...

Adding opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy (OBS) to hysterectomies reduced serous ovarian cancer risk by nearly 80%. An analysis of ovarian cancers after OBS showed that 23% were high-grade serous ...

Ten percent of women who received a hysterectomy and salpingectomy, or removal of the fallopian tubes, during the study period had a family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Despite limited data to ...