Getting pregnant is a pretty complicated process. At the very least, a man’s sperm has to join with a woman’s egg in order to fertilize it. But sometimes that can’t happen. There are several possible ...

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 ...

A 100-year-old therapy could offer hope to infertile couples, helping them get pregnant without the need for IVF, experts say. The treatment involves flushing a woman’s fallopian tubes with specially ...

A 100-year-old medical treatment could help infertile women get pregnant without undergoing pricey in vitro fertilization (IVF), a new study suggests. The method was first used in 1917 and involves ...

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 ...

Q. I have blocked fallopian tubes. Can I still get pregnant without surgery? Tubal blockage typically prevents successful passage of the egg to the sperm or fertilized egg to the uterus (womb). This ...

Salpingo-oophorectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It’s often used to treat endometriosis, ovarian cancer, and other conditions involving the ovaries and ...

In 2015, Elizabeth Kough, a mother of three, had her fallopian tubes removed in order to prevent future pregnancies. Since sperm typically fertilize an egg in the fallopian tubes, removing them via a ...

During hysterectomies for non-cancerous conditions, removing both fallopian tubes while keeping the ovaries may help protect against ovarian cancer while preserving hormonal levels, but few women ...