Is peritoneal spillage a cause of infertility?

Yes, peritoneal spillage can be a cause of female infertility. Peritoneal spillage refers to the leakage of follicular fluid and egg into the abdominal cavity during ovulation from a fallopian tube that lacks normal fimbriae. The loss of the fimbrial apparatus leads to the failure of the oocyte to be transferred from the ovary into the fallopian tube, resulting in subfertility or infertility.