Removing organs “just in case”—is prophylactic removal of the ovaries a good thing?
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This paper examines the practice of prophylactic oophorectomy during hysterectomy, highlighting issues and suggesting research to evaluate this untested technology.
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This papers highlights the issues and illustrates a research agenda for trying to disentangle the problems of the continuing use of an untested technbology—prophylactic oophorectomy—at the time of hysterectomy.
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