Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy offers both a breast cancer and ovarian cancer risk reduction. Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy is associated with approximately a 50% reduction in risk of ...

An oophorectomy is surgery to remove one or both of your ovaries. You might also hear it called ovary removal surgery. Usually, you’ll get general anesthesia for surgery and won’t be awake.

The surgery is then called "Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo- Oophorectomy", abbreviated as TAH-BSO. Oophorectomy is sometimes recommended when the hormones produced by the ...

A hysterectomy with “bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy” is one where fallopian tubes and ovaries have been removed too. “A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy requires a very careful, patient ...

You'll probably have a pair of surgeries called a hysterectomy (removal of your uterus) with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of both ovaries and fallopian tubes). You may then get at ...

We aim to recruit 1250 participants in total (416 in each study arm). Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy (RRSO) The most effective method to prevent ovarian cancer is surgery to remove both the ...