What is a salpingo-oophorectomy?

salpingo-oophorectomy is not something you catch. It is a medical procedure in which your fallopian tubes and ovaries are removed, usually because of cancer, or, in some rare instances, as an...

Depending on the specific condition that warrants an oophorectomy, it may be possible to modify the surgery so at least a portion of one ovary remains, allowing the woman to avoid early menopause.

A spinal block or general anesthesia may be given before surgery.

If you have had a unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, that means they have removed one Fallopian Tube and one ovary. Therefore you can still get pregnant after this procedure (it sometimes occurs...

If the surgery is successful, the fallopian tubes and ovaries will be removed without complication, and the underlying problem resolved. In the case of cancer, all the cancer will be removed.