Advances in prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Ovarian cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancers of the female reproductive tract .There are no ef-fective screening tests .Prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy ( PBS) in standard hysterectomy in premenopausal women with benign con-dition may be a strategy for preventing pelvic serous cancer .To evaluate this procedure , we review the advances of the effectiveness of PBS in reducing the risk of malignant or benign pelvic pathologies , surgical or perioperative complications as well as the effects of sal-pingectomy on ovarian function .