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Laparoscopic removal of a twisted and totally nonviable fallopian tube

Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
Gurnee & Crystal Lake, Illinois

Torsed fallopian tube

Twisted, dark and nonviable fallopian tube
Uterus at bottom left
End of tube held in grasper at upper right

Torsion causes tissue to necrose (die) because the blood supply is occluded

Damaged tube has been removed (salpingectomy)
Uterus at bottom left at probe
End of tube (stump) held in grasper at right
Suture on tubal stump seen above grasper
Ovary just below grasper