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This emerging theory presents an opportunity to prevent epithelial ovarian cancer by incorporating prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy into all surgical procedures for average-risk women. The aim of this review is to investigate the hypothesis that bilateral salpingectomy (BS) may have a negative impact on ovarian reserve, not only following hysterectomy for benign uterine pathologies but also when performed during cesarean sections as a method of sterilization or as a treatment for hydrosalpinx in Assisted Reproductive Technology interventions. Methods: PubMed, Medline, Google Scholar, and Cochrane were searched for original studies, meta-analyses, and opinion articles published between 2014 and 2024. Results: Out of 114 records from the database search, after the removal of duplicates, 102 articles were considered relevant for the current study. Conclusions: Performing opportunistic salpingectomy seems to have no adverse impact on ovarian function in the short term. However, because there is an existing risk of damaging ovarian blood supply during salpingectomy, there are concerns about potential long-term adverse effects on the ovarian reserve, which need further investigation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13113296","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,3]],"date-time":"2024-06-03T10:08:38Z","timestamp":1717409318000},"page":"3296","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The Impact of Opportunistic Salpingectomy on Ovarian Reserve: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-1941-7913","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teodora","family":"Radu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"},{"name":"Institution Organizing University Doctoral Studies (IOSUD) \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matyas","family":"Mar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"},{"name":"Institution Organizing University Doctoral Studies (IOSUD) \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vlad","family":"Tudorache","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"},{"name":"Institution Organizing University Doctoral Studies (IOSUD) \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudiu","family":"Marginean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"},{"name":"Institution Organizing University Doctoral Studies (IOSUD) \u201cGeorge Emil Palade\u201d University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 T\u00e2rgu-Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"909","DOI":"10.1097\/AOG.0000000000002580","article-title":"Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Screening","volume":"131","author":"Menon","year":"2018","journal-title":"Obstet. 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