The fallopian tubes—long, slender structures connecting the ovaries and the uterus—play an important role in women’s reproductive health. Their fringed ends collect the egg from the ovary, coaxing it ...

Removing fallopian tubes during sterilization is about as safe as sterilization procedures that damage the tubes but leave them intact, a new study suggests — a finding that could help reduce some ...

The removal of the fallopian tube while preserving the ovary, as demonstrated by gynecological surgeon Ingo Runnebaum using a model (GPI Anatomicals, USA), is a preventive measure against ovarian ...

Ovarian cancer typically begins in the ovaries or fallopian tubes. Doctors may refer to cancer that begins in the fallopian tubes as fallopian cancer. Can ovarian cancer begin in the fallopian tubes?

Blocked Fallopian tubes are responsible for a significant per­centage of infertility cases. Some­times, the tubes may be blocked or they may be scarred as a result of disease or infection. When an egg ...

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, ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a novel trigger of a deadly form of ovarian cancer. Discovery of a subset of high-risk progenitor cells that reside in fallopian tube ...

Surgery to remove the fallopian tubes as a permanent method of birth control could also reduce a woman's risk of the most ...