[1] Technically, the creation of a new tubal opening (os, after the Latin word for 'mouth') by surgery would be a salpingostomy, while the incision into the tube to remove an ectopic is a salpingotomy.

Other indications for a salpingectomy include infected tubes (as in a hydrosalpinx) or as part of the surgical procedure for tubal cancer.

[2] It can be performed non-electively on women who are at a high risk of developing ovarian cancer, as a preventative measure.

Sexual intercourse remains possible after salpingectomy, surgical and radiological cancer treatments, and chemotherapy.

[4]Buck v. Bell, while not expressly overturned, was implicitly overturned by Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942), in which the Court held that a person's choices whether to aid in the propagation of the human species was a cognizable fundamental right guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, a liberty retained by the people under the 9th Amendment of the Constitution.