Salpingectomy


  • Salpingectomy is rermoval of the fallopian tube.
  • The fallopian tube may be removed in
  • Ectopic pregnancy (Pregnancy in the tube)
  • Salpingocele (dilated and damaged tube)
  • Torsion of the tube (the tube rotate around itself and can be damaged) as shown in the photos below
  • Infected tube
  • During performing another operation (removal of uterus, hysterectomy; removal of the ovary, oophorectomy
  • Malignancy in the tube
Normal uterus
Twisted left fallopian tube normal left ovary
Twisted-left-fallopian-tube
Tightining endo loop around tube
Tightining second endo loop around tube
Cutting twisted tied fallopian tube
Left ovary after removing fallopian tube
Endopouch to remove twisted-fallopian tube

Endopouch-twisted-fallopian tube-in-it