If both ovaries are removed, menstruation stops and a woman loses the ability to have children
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Unilateral YES. Bilateral NO
Both fallopian tubes and ovaries are removed
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy means the removal (-ectomy) of both fallopian tubes (salpingo-) and ovaries (oophor-).
oophorectomy
Oopherectomy is the removal of the ovary. Either unillateral (one) or bilateral (both)
If there is cancer in one ovary, doctors can do an oophorectomy, which is removal of an ovary. If both ovaries are affected, they may do a bilateral (both sides) oophorectomy. If fallopian tubes and uterus are also infected, they may do a total abdominal hysterectomy.
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Bilateral = BSO. Laproscopic = LBSO. Risk reducing RRSO.
salpingo = fallopian tube. ooperectomy = ovary. Therefore salpingo-oopherectomy is removal of one side (unilateral) or both (bilateral). If bilateral the you will go into immediate menopause if premenopausal
Studies have shown that the complication rate following salpingo-oophorectomy is essentially the same as that following hysterectomy.Women who have undergone bilateral oophorectomy are seven times more likely to develop coronary heart disease.