salpingo-oophorectomy

{{Short description|Removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube}}

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In medicine, salpingo-oophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.{{cite web |title=Salpingo-Oophorectomy: Overview, Periprocedural Care, Technique |url=https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1894587-overview |website=eMedicine |accessdate=2 December 2018 |date=7 February 2018}}{{cite web |title=bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |url=https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/bilateral-salpingo-oophorectomy |website=National Cancer Institute |accessdate=23 March 2022}} 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).{{cite web |title=Laparoscopic Salpingo-Oophorectomy |url=https://med.emory.edu/departments/gynecology-obstetrics/patient-care/patient-education/salpingo-oophorectomy/index.html#:~:text=A%20salpingo%2Doophorectomy%20is%20the,incisions%20on%20your%20lower%20abdomen. |website=EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |accessdate=23 March 2022}}