salpingo - oophorectomy is the removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
what is the removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries?
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the removal of an ovary together with the fallopian tube is called salpingo-oophorectomy or unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (uso). when both ovaries and both fallopian tubes are removed, the term bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (bso) is used. oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy are not common forms of birth control in humans; more usual is tubal ligation, in which the fallopian tubes are blocked but the ovaries remain intact. in many cases, surgical removal of the ovaries is performed concurrently with a hysterectomy. the formal medical name for removal of a woman's entire reproductive system (ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus) is "total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy" (tah-bso); the more casual term for such a surgery is "ovariohysterectomy". "hysterectomy" is removal of the uterus (from the greek ὑστέρα hystera "womb" and εκτομία ektomia "a cutting out of") without removal of the ovaries or fallopian tubes.
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