Patients were eligible for inclusion if they underwent elective non‐obstetric abdominal surgery for a gynecological indication from January 2015 through December 2018. Patients were excluded if they had a history of or indication for bilateral salpingectomy or salpingo‐oophorectomy, were aged under 30 years or had not completed childbearing. Childbearing was considered incomplete if the EMR indicated that the patient had an active wish to have (more) children, participated in fertility treatment, had been pregnant after the surgery or was aged under 40 years and para 0. Figure 1 provides a flow chart of the inclusion process with elaboration of the exclusion criteria.