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Salpingectomy was performed by Lawson Tait in 1883 in women with a bleeding ectopic pregnancy; it is now established as a routine and lifesaving procedure [clarification needed]. Other indications for a salpingectomy include infected tubes (as in a hydrosalpinx) or as part of the surgical procedure for tubal cancer. [citation needed]
The standard surgical approach for removal of the nonviable ectopic pregnancy is by salpingectomy or salpingostomy. [6] In the case of an unruptured ectopic pregnancy, local feticidal injection can be used to remove the ectopic pregnancy.
The most commonly addressed by Catholic bioethicists is extrauterine tubal pregnancies in which salpingectomy is seen with consensus to be indirect while some claim salpingostomy and methotrexate to be indirect. [9] [10] [11] Of the other 7-10% of ectopic pregnancies, there are interstitial pregnancy and cesarean scar pregnancy.
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Two of these surgeries include Salpingectomy and Salpingostomy. The Salpingectomy procedure is the removal of a fallopian tube while in Salpingostomy an opening is created into the fallopian tube. A study found that patients that undergo these procedures have a similar recurrent ectopic pregnancy rate. 5% for Salpingectomy and 8% for salpingostomy.
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“It was called a tubal pregnancy, where the embryonic sac ruptured in my one fallopian tube. It’s also known as an ectopic pregnancy,” she continued. “I had to have emergency surgery and ...
The surgical removal of a fallopian tube is called a salpingectomy. To remove both tubes is a bilateral salpingectomy. An operation that combines the removal of a fallopian tube with the removal of at least one ovary is a salpingo-oophorectomy. An operation to remove a fallopian tube obstruction is called a tuboplasty.