A recent study revealed that a simple surgical step performed during routine gynecologic procedures could reduce a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer. According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, ...

The findings confirm that OS which is performed during other pelvic surgeries like hysterectomies or tubal ligations, helps prevent the most lethal form of ovarian cancer. While OS serves as a ...

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 ...

The Florence + the Machine singer was in the early weeks of pregnancy when she experienced pain and bleeding; she didn't know her fallopian tube had ruptured Joy Malone/Getty Florence Welch said she ...

Hydrosalpinx is a blockage in the fallopian tube that can lead to infertility. Before IVF, treating hydrosalpinx can double pregnancy success rates. Hydrosalpinx is a fluid blockage in a fallopian ...

Salpingo-oophorectomy is a surgery to remove one or both ovaries and fallopian tubes. The ovaries are small organs that make eggs and hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Fallopian tubes are small ...

Tubal ligation — the procedure that blocks eggs from traveling through the fallopian tubes — is an extremely effective way to lower one's chances of pregnancy to almost zero. Here's how it works. When ...

Ovarian cancer often starts in the fallopian tubes. That's why Mayo Clinic researchers started a living fallopian tube biobank — and it has already produced new scientific insights. Dr. Jamie ...

The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Mayo Clinic (IRB No. 18-001967).