The 2015 Mayor's Campaign Against Breast Cancer Isabel Law Breakfast will be held on Friday, October 16 from 6 to 9 a.m. in the City Hall Parking Lot, 1737 Main Street.
Salpingectomy is a surgical procedure for removal of one or both diseased fallopian tubes in females. Anatomy of the fallopian tubes: The fallopian tubes are tube-like structures that open into either side of the uterus of females. Each fallopian tube has four parts, infundibulum, ampulla, isthmus and intramural part.
In our opinion, introduction of bilateral salpingectomies at the time of tubal ligation or hysterectomy for benign gynecologic patients is a reasonable option. In the absence of good screening tests, this procedure is the only form of prophylaxis for a cancer that is difficult to detect and often lethal when found. Physicians should at least present patients with this option during presterilization and prehysterectomy counseling.