Salpingo-oophorectomy

Salpingo-oophorectomy

Salpingo-oophorectomy

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In medicine, salpingo-oophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.[1][2] 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).[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Salpingo-Oophorectomy: Overview, Periprocedural Care, Technique". eMedicine. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Laparoscopic Salpingo-Oophorectomy". EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Retrieved 23 March 2022.


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