Salpingoophorectomy
Encyclopedia
In medicine
, salpingoophorectomy is the removal of an ovary
and its uterine tube.
This spelling: "salpingoophorectomy," is a correct and accepted spelling, but much less common than "salpingo-oophorectomy."
An article describing this procedure has been entered under oophorectomy
.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, salpingoophorectomy is the removal of an ovary
Ovary
The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in anatomically female individuals are analogous to testes in anatomically male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.-Human anatomy:Ovaries...
and its uterine tube.
This spelling: "salpingoophorectomy," is a correct and accepted spelling, but much less common than "salpingo-oophorectomy."
An article describing this procedure has been entered under oophorectomy
Oophorectomy
Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. The surgery is also called ovariectomy, but this term has been traditionally used in basic science research describing the surgical removal of ovaries in laboratory animals...
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