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Salpingectomy as standard at hysterectomy? A Danish cohort study, 1977-2010.
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- Survey: acceptability of opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy in Flanders.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2021Article
- The rationale of opportunistic bilateral salpingectomies (OBS) during benign gynaecological and obstetric surgery: a consensus text of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (VVOG).Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2019Article
- Ovarian cancer: Pathogenesis and current recommendations for prophylactic surgeryJournal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2019Article
- Bilateral salpingectomy to reduce the risk of ovarian/fallopian/peritoneal cancer in women at average risk: a position statement of the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (KSOG).Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2018Review
- Thirteen Years of Experience with Opportunistic Bilateral Salpingectomy During TLH in Low-Risk Premenopausal Women.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2018Article
- Incidental (Prophylactic) Salpingectomy at Benign Gynecologic Surgery and Cesarean Section: a Survey of Practice in Austria.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2016Article
- Should Fallopian Tubes Be Removed During Hysterectomy Procedures? - A Statement by AGO Ovar.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2015Article
- Prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy (PBS) to reduce ovarian cancer risk incorporated in standard premenopausal hysterectomy: complications and re-operation rate.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess if the risk of first-time salpingectomy was affected by prior hysterectomy with retained fallopian tubes and by prior sterilisation.
designA historical cohort study.
settingDenmark.
participants170 000 randomly selected women born 1947-1963 (10 000/year) were followed from 1977 until the end of 2010.
main outcome measuresEffect of hysterectomy with retained fallopian tubes or sterilisation on the risk of salpingectomy. Both were modelled in a Cox proportional hazards model as time-dependent covariates, analysing time to first salpingectomy. End of follow-up period was 31 December 2010.
resultsOf 9591 hysterectomies, 6456 (67.3%) had both fallopian tubes retained. HRs for salpingectomy after hysterectomy with retained fallopian tubes and sterilisation were 2.13 (95% 1.88 to 2.42) and 2.42 (2.21 to 2.64), as compared with those for non-hysterectomised and non-sterilised women.
conclusionsWomen undergoing hysterectomy with retained fallopian tubes or sterilisation have at least a doubled risk of subsequent salpingectomy. Removal of the fallopian tubes at hysterectomy should therefore be recommended.
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