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 ...

"Getting your tubes tied" is a colloquial way to say that someone is undergoing tubal ligation, a sterilizing surgical procedure that involves closing off the fallopian tubes. In non-medically ...

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?

Pregnancy with one fallopian tube: Can women conceive naturally even with one fallopian tube? Know what the gynecologist has to say about this. Pregnancy with one fallopian tube: Becoming a mother ...

A mathematical modeling study conducted in Germany suggests that ovarian cancer incidence could be reduced and healthcare savings boosted if women who have already completed their families were ...