A simple treatment known as "fallopian tube recanalization," which often needs to do little more than remove a small amount of mucus causing the blockage, could allow a higher percentage of women ...

Women whose Fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, ...

Because 70% of ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes, the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance is “encouraging people who are done having children to discuss with their doctors the possibility of ...

Tubal ligation — the procedure that blocks eggs from traveling through the fallopian tubes — is an extremely effective way to lower one's chances of pregnancy to almost zero. Here's how it works.

Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure that blocks or removes your fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. It's a sterilization (making someone unable to have kids) technique ...

There are two sterilization methods for women who choose to end childbearing: ligation and removal. Tubal sterilization can also decrease a woman's risk of some types of ovarian cancer by 30-50 ...

The inability to conceive and ultimately become a mother is the stuff of muffled murmurs at family gatherings. "Where is your child? Give birth first before you send other people's children to do ...

If you have trouble getting pregnant and your doctor says it's because your fallopian tubes are blocked, a procedure called tubal cannulation may be for you. Unlike fallopian tube surgery, your doctor ...

Ovarian cancer has long been one of the deadliest cancers to strike women. No tests are available to detect it early, so most patients are diagnosed in later stages, when the cancer is more likely to ...

Elizabeth Kough had both fallopian tubes removed after delivering three kids. Elizabeth Kough, a mom of four, said she hugs her newborn son, Benjamin, "a little tighter" because of the miraculous way ...

When the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights in the U.S. in June, Molly, a 38-year-old athletic trainer based in Ohio, made a medical decision that allowed her to take contraception into ...