Salpingo-oophorectomy

Removal of one or both fallopian tubes and ovaries. This may be performed to treat a benign ovarian cyst. It may also be performed together with a hysterectomy to treat cancer of the ovary (see ovary, cancer of) or the uterus (see uterus, cancer of).

 

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