Articles Tagged With: salpingectomy
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Patients Face Barriers to Permanent Contraception
For people who want a permanent contraception method, both tubal surgery and vasectomy are safe, highly effective, and result in a quick recovery. The chief obstacles are insurance restrictions, finding a clinician who can do the procedure, securing an operating room, religious hospitals’ policies, and inconvenience to patients.
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Opportunistic Salpingectomy at the Time of Cesarean Delivery for Postpartum Permanent Contraception
In this retrospective cohort study, almost 20% of women who desired bilateral complete salpingectomy for permanent contraception at the time of cesarean delivery could not undergo the procedure because of adhesions or engorged vasculature.
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The Debate Continues on Salpingectomy
The role of routine salpingectomy during vaginal hysterectomy is controversial.
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Task Force Issues Draft Guidance on Ovarian Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft recommendation statement on ovarian screening, finding that the potential harms of screening outweigh the benefits.
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Should We Remove Every Woman’s Fallopian Tubes?
This article discusses the role of salpingectomy for the prevention of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer.