Opportunistic salpingectomy: A Delphi study among Brazilian experts

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
² Department of Gynecology, Instituto Do Câncer Do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Medical School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
⁴ Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Tocogynecology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Agnaldo Lopes da Silva Filho et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;169(3):1247-1250.

doi: 10.1002/ijgo.16154. Epub 2025 Jan 15.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
² Department of Gynecology, Instituto Do Câncer Do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Medical School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
⁴ Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Tocogynecology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: Delphi study; gynecologic oncology; opportunistic salpingectomy; ovarian cancer prevention.

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