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When an oophorectomy (oh-of-uh-REK-tuh-me) involves removing both ovaries, it's called bilateral oophorectomy. When the surgery involves removing only one ovary ...
– A Mayo Clinic research team has found evidence suggesting that the controversial practice of ovary removal in premenopausal women to prevent ovarian cancer ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read about a study that showed women should not have their ovaries removed before menopause because of the increased risk of ...
When only one ovary is removed, it's a unilateral oophorectomy. Because the ovaries make the main hormones responsible for a woman's menstrual cycle, removing ...
When a woman's ovaries are surgically removed before she goes through menopause, that source of estrogen and other hormones is lost, so removal causes an abrupt ...
Surgery to remove one ovary. For early-stage cancer that hasn't spread beyond one ovary, surgery may involve removing the affected ovary and its fallopian tube.
“We want to discourage surgeons from offering ovary removal as a cancer prevention option for women who don't have ovarian cancer or the genetic variants that ...
Oophorectomy (ovary removal surgery) ... Risk reducing salpingo oophorectomy (RRSO) is surgery to remove the fallopian tubes and ovaries at the same time.
Vaginal hysterectomy is a procedure to remove the uterus through the vagina to treat certain gynecological conditions ... Some who have their ovaries removed may ...
Some cysts can be removed without removing the ovary (cystectomy). ... You might need surgery to remove your uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and ovaries.
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