1. After administering anesthesia the abdomen and vagina are prepared with an antibacterial solution. 2. A surgical incision about 5 to 6 inches long or 12 to 15 cms is made either vertically ...

This was my deeply personal decision to undergo a significant medical procedure: the removal of my ovaries. As a young breast cancer survivor with a BRCA1-positive diagnosis, I faced tough choices.

In February 2018 Melissa Hubbard underwent surgery to remove part of her colon. What she didn’t know until afterward was that her ovaries were removed as well. Removing Hubbard’s ovaries had been ...

“Having this surgery would 100% change my life, my ovaries have caused me nothing but horror for years, having them removed ...

Open Surgical Procedure involves removal of the ovaries using an incision in the abdomen, or incision in the upper section of the vagina. Laparoscopy or keyhole surgery involves smaller incisions ...

A mathematical modeling study conducted in Germany suggests that ovarian cancer incidence could be reduced and health care ...

The removal of the fallopian tube while preserving the ovary, as demonstrated by gynecological surgeon Ingo Runnebaum using a ...

A mathematical modeling study suggests that ovarian cancer incidence could be reduced and healthcare savings boosted if women who have already completed their families were offered fallopian tube ...

Doctors have advised her to remove the body parts that have a 60 percent chance of becoming cancerous due to her genetic cancer called Lynch Syndrome, which would reduce her chanc ...

In February 2018 Melissa Hubbard underwent surgery to remove part of her colon. What she didn’t know until afterward was that her ovaries were removed as well. Removing Hubbard’s ovaries had ...