Does the removal of one side of the fallopian tube affect fertility?

The fallopian tube is an important reproductive organ of women and an important channel to ensure the normal combination of sperm and egg. Therefore, if there is a lesion in the fallopian tube, it will affect the normal fertility of female friends, and it is easy to cause infertility in female friends. So, does the removal of one side of the fallopian tube affect fertility? Let us ask the experts to introduce it to you in detail.

The fallopian tubes are located in the human pelvic cavity. Most people have two fallopian tubes, the left and right fallopian tubes are located on each side of the uterus. They extend outward from the outer corner of the fundus of the uterus in parallel, first reaching the uterine end of the ovary, then ascending along the ovarian mesocolonial margin to the fallopian tube end of the ovary, in an arch shape and covering the ovary, then downward and inward, ending at the free edge of the ovary and the upper part of its inner surface.

However, many women lose one fallopian tube due to ectopic pregnancy or some fallopian tube diseases, leaving only one fallopian tube. If one side of a woman's fallopian tube is removed, whether she can still become pregnant normally depends on the physiological function of the fallopian tube on the reproductive side.

If one fallopian tube is removed and the remaining fallopian tube still has normal physiological functions, conception can still occur normally. The chance of conception will be smaller than that of normal female friends, but conception is still possible. If the remaining fallopian tube loses its normal physiological function, then conception will not be possible, which will lead to female infertility.

Although there is still a lower possibility of pregnancy if one fallopian tube is retained, ectopic pregnancy is very likely to occur even if pregnancy occurs. Therefore, for women with only one fallopian tube, it is very important to do relevant pre-pregnancy examinations. Moreover, pregnancy is possible with only one fallopian tube, but fallopian tube disease requires surgical treatment before pregnancy.

One year before planning to get pregnant, a fallopian tube clearance surgery is recommended, and salpingography is recommended. The combined use of fallopian tube endoscopy, hysteroscopy and laparoscopy for interventional recanalization effectively solves problems such as fallopian tube obstruction, water accumulation and adhesion in women, further improving the safety of interventional recanalization and the pregnancy rate of the patients.

Experts remind: If a female friend who wants to have a child has only one fallopian tube left, then before preparing to have a child, she must go to a regular hospital for a pre-pregnancy check to check whether the remaining fallopian tube is healthy.

The above is the expert's detailed answer to the question of whether the removal of one side of the fallopian tube will affect fertility. I believe that now everyone should clearly understand that the fallopian tube is a necessary condition for female conception. However, some women have to have one side of the fallopian tube removed due to some serious fallopian tube diseases such as ectopic pregnancy. As long as the other side of the fallopian tube is normal, there is still a chance of pregnancy, but compared with complete bilateral fallopian tubes, the chance of pregnancy will be much lower.