| salpingectomy |
surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes
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| salpingitis |
inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube
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| salpinx |
a tube in the uterus or the ear
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| salpingectomy |
Salpingectomy refers to the surgical removal of a Fallopian tube. The procedure was first performed by Lawson Tait in patients with a bleeding tubal pregnancy and has saved the lifes of countless women. Other indications are infected tubes, i.e. a hydrosalpinx. Also salpingectomy needs to be done as part of a surgical procedure for tubal cancer.Salpingectomy has been traditionally done via a laparotomy, more recently as part of minimally invasive surgery through laparoscopy. ...
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| salpingo-oophorectomy |
Surgical removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
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