The study added to a large existing volume of evidence that has consistently shown a risk-reducing effect of OBS on ovarian cancer, said Karen H. Lu, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida and ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Salpingectomy for permanent contraception yields an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $143,769 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained compared with vasectomy. The procedure prevents 6085 ...

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 ...

“Knowledge is power,” says Samantha Carlucci, 26. The Ravena, New York, resident recently had a hysterectomy that included removing her fallopian tubes – and believes it saved her life. The Ovarian ...

Google searches for female sterilization, tubes tied surgery, fallopian tube removal, tubal ligation and salpingectomy have all shot up in the U.S. over the last week following news that Roe v. Wade ...