salpingooophorectomy
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In medicine, salpingo-oophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube. This procedure is most frequently associated with prophylactic surgery in response to the discovery of a BRCA mutation, particularly those of the normally tumor suppressing BRCA1 gene (or, with a statistically lower negative impact, those of the tumour suppressing BRCA2 gene), which can increase the risk of a woman developing ovarian cancer to as high as 65% (as high as 25% for a mutated BRCA2 gene).
Research
6,976 papers- Oophorectomy.2026
- Endometriosis.South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde · 1980
- Salpingo-oophorectomy and effects on cognition.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2023
- Cancer Risk-Reducing Opportunities in Gynecologic Surgery.Journal of minimally invasive gynecology · 2018
- Unanswered Questions in High-Risk Women Undergoing Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2020
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In medicine, salpingo-oophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube. This procedure is most frequently associated with prophylactic surgery in response to the discovery of a BRCA mutation, particularly those of the normally tumor suppressing BRCA1 gene (or, with a statistically lower negative impact, those of the tumour suppressing BRCA2 gene), which can increase the risk of a woman developing ovarian cancer to as high as 65% (as high as 25% for a mutated BRCA2 gene).
== See also == List of surgeries by type Oophorectomy
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