Talk:Oophorectomy

New Research should be considered
Press Release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/mscc-boc020708.php

Abstract: http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2007.13.9626v1

The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. A new multicenter study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is the first prospective examination of the impact of this procedure in which BRCA2 mutation carriers were analyzed separately from BRCA1 mutation carriers. All previous studies evaluating this approach have only examined BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers together or have limited their analysis to BRCA1 mutation carriers alone. (from press release)

-JasonSpradlin82 (talk) 23:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I've
I’ve removed the links to genital mutilation, female genital mutilation and circumcision because those topics don’t seem to have anything to do with this article. Oophorectomy is not a form of genital mutilation mentioned in either of those articles. 216.167.174.86 21:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

HERS Foundation
QuizzicalBee 21:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Someone just completely changed the content of this page.
 * That person is probably affiliated or a supporter of the HERS Foundation (http://www.hersfoundation.com/), an obviously POV organization opposed to hysterectomy and oophorectomy.
 * After looking through the types of edits made by User:HERSFoundation and User:70.16.136.53, I think a few things should be made clear: First, this article is not about men nor testicles, so that information should be here. Second, If there are "errors" in the text, those should be discussed and corrected individually rather than replacing the entire article with sensationalism.
 * The opinions of the HERS Foundation may be valid and they may not be, but this article should present a neutral point of view, and not just theirs.
 * To User:HERSFoundation: Thank you for your contributions. For personal reasons I won't discuss here, I am very interested in your cause, and I will be reading your website today. Aside from that, please keep in mind that this is an encyclopedia, not a platform for promotion, and many people consider the types of edits you’ve made to be "vandalism." If you would like to say that alternative opinions exist on the subject, please do, but do it in a way that doesn’t present only your opinion. Jaksmata 15:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I just put some major edits in on this page, adding a lot of information, links, etc.QuizzicalBee 15:39, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thought I'd buzz by and do a little edit/clean-up. There were two separate discussions of longevity risks on the page so I went ahead and combined them, streamlining the Risks section and eliminating the redundant section. Strike71 07:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Category:Human reproduction
I propose removing this article from Category:Human reproduction. I have proposed narrowing the scope of that category at Category talk:Human reproduction. Please comment on the category talk page. Lyrl Talk C 15:06, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

pronunciation
Would be useful to have pronunciation 12.156.166.130 03:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Benefits
Following is not a benefit, you are merely mitigating a risk that is a consequence of ovarieectomy. It could be mentioned elsewhere in the article though.


 * In addition, removal of the uterus in conjunction with prophylactic oophorectomy allows estrogen-based HRT to be prescribed to aid the woman through her transition into surgical menopause, instead of mixed hormone HRT, which has a significant contribution to breast cancer as well.

Richiez (talk) 15:36, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Questions...
What are consequences or long term effects of an oophorectomy at a young age, such as 9 years old? This article talks about Oophorectomies closer to menopausal ages, but it's no help if someone is doing research on the effects of pre-pubescent oophorectomies, as I am doing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.219.225 (talk) 08:10, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * you will find more information if you look at various gonadal agenesis syndromes. Also 2-3 years ago there was a high profile case, pthe arents - both MDs had their mentally handicapped daughter oophorectomised. Finding that case again would give you soem information on various aspects. Richiez (talk) 23:44, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * perhaps also of interest Ashley Treatment - although it did not include oophorectomy. Richiez (talk) 22:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

New review
has a fairly comprehensive and up to date overview of most of the long term effects of surgical menopause, maybe it could be used to clean up the article and remove a large part of the primary (non-review) sources. Richiez (talk) 17:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Endocrine breast cancer therapy
The point, that removal of the ovaries became a standard of endocrine therapy in advanced cases of breast cancer, after George Thomas Beatson performed the operation at 1895-06-15 first time, seems to be ignored by the article completely. The indication isn't limited to benigne tumors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.19.77.54 (talk) 08:23, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Risks - Unilateral versus Bilateral
I belive that majority of the risks mentioned in the article only result from having a bilateral oophorectomy, i.e., both ovaries removed. My understanding is that these risks are reduced or nonexistant with a unilateral oophorectomy, i.e., just one ovary removed. My surgeon told me that the remaining ovary will take over and there won't be any long term problems. Can someone with some expertise please correct this article so people having unilateral oophorectomies don't become unnecessarily worried? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.162.158 (talk) 18:52, 8 August 2013 (UTC)