ArticleThe British journal of surgery2020
Prophylactic salpingectomy for prevention of ovarian cancer at the time of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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- Opportunistic salpingectomy during gynecologic and non-gynecologic abdominopelvic procedures for ovarian cancer primary prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2026Article
- Attitudes towards opportunistic salpingectomy among patients planned to undergo non-gynecologic intra-abdominal surgery.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- Gauging the Magnitude of Missed Opportunity for Ovarian Cancer Prevention.JAMA surgery · 2025Article
- Implementation of opportunistic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention: Analyzing clinical practice and key characteristics.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Factors influencing decision-making on opportunistic salpingo-oophorectomy for ovarian cancer prevention in women with gastrointestinal cancers undergoing intra-abdominal surgery.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a patient decision aid for opportunistic salpingectomy and salpingectomy as sterilization method to prevent ovarian cancer.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Observational
- Patients' Perspectives on Opportunistic Salpingectomy at the Time of Nongynecologic Surgery.O&G open · 2025Article
- Opportunistic Salpingectomy in Non-Gynecologic Surgeries: Barriers and Facilitators From a Healthcare Provider Perspective.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- The potential for opportunistic salpingectomy to reduce ovarian cancer in women undergoing non-gynecologic surgery.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- New opportunities for opportunistic salpingectomy: Leveraging non-gynecologic surgeries for ovarian cancer prevention.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- Ovarian cancer prevention through opportunistic salpingectomy during abdominal surgeries: A cost-effectiveness modeling study.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating Ovarian Cancer Risk-Reducing Salpingectomy Acceptance: A Survey.Cancer research communications · 2025Article
- Ovarian cancer risk reduction by salpingectomy during non-gynaecological surgery: scoping review.BJS open · 2024Article
- Unveiling the Promise: A Comprehensive Review of Salpingectomy as a Vanguard for Ovarian Cancer Prevention.Cureus · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundMost serous ovarian cancers are now understood to originate in the fallopian tubes. Removing the tubes (salpingectomy) likely reduces the risk of developing high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Numerous gynaecological societies now recommend prophylactic (or opportunistic) salpingectomy at the time of gynaecological surgery in appropriate women, and this is widely done. Salpingectomy at the time of non-gynaecological surgery has not been explored and may present an opportunity for primary prevention of ovarian cancer.
methodsThis study investigated whether prophylactic salpingectomy with the intention of reducing the risk of developing ovarian cancer would be accepted and could be accomplished at the time of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Women aged at least 45 years scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were recruited. They were counselled and offered prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy at the time of cholecystectomy. Outcome measures were rate of accomplishment of salpingectomy, time and procedural steps needed for salpingectomy, and complications.
resultsA total of 105 patients were included in the study. The rate of acceptance of salpingectomy was approximately 60 per cent. Salpingectomy was performed in 98 of 105 laparoscopic cholecystectomies (93·3 per cent) and not accomplished because of poor visibility or adhesions in seven (6·7 per cent). Median additional operating time was 13 (range 4-45) min. There were no complications attributable to salpingectomy. One patient presented with ovarian cancer 28 months after prophylactic salpingectomy; histological re-evaluation of the tubes showed a previously undetected, focal serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma.
conclusionProphylactic salpingectomy can be done during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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