Did you know that pregnancy begins in the fallopian tubes, not in the uterus? Sounds surprising. But that’s the fact! These narrow, flexible tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus and play a critical ...

The fallopian tubes—long, slender structures connecting the ovaries and the uterus—play an important role in women’s reproductive health. Their fringed ends collect the egg from the ovary, coaxing it ...

"Getting your tubes tied" is a colloquial way to say that someone is undergoing tubal ligation, a sterilizing surgical procedure that involves closing off the fallopian tubes. In non-medically ...

The removal of the fallopian tube while preserving the ovary, as demonstrated by gynecological surgeon Ingo Runnebaum using a model (GPI Anatomicals, USA), is a preventive measure against ovarian ...

Surgery to remove the fallopian tubes as a permanent method of birth control could also reduce a woman's risk of the most ...

Ovarian cancer typically begins in the ovaries or fallopian tubes. Doctors may refer to cancer that begins in the fallopian tubes as fallopian cancer. Can ovarian cancer begin in the fallopian tubes?