Surgically Induced Menopause-A Practical Review of Literature

Menopause can occur spontaneously (natural menopause) or it can be surgically induced by oophorectomy. The symptoms and complications related to menopause differ from one patient to another. We aimed to review the similarities and differences between natural and surgically induced menopause by analy...

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Published in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Lithuania), 2019-08, Vol.55 (8), p.482
Main Authors: Secoșan, Cristina, Balint, Oana, Pirtea, Laurențiu, Grigoraș, Dorin, Bălulescu, Ligia, Ilina, Răzvan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
complications
Decision Making
Female
Humans
menopause
Menopause - physiology
Middle Aged
oophorectomy
Ovarian Neoplasms - classification
Ovarian Neoplasms - prevention & control
Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery
Review
salpingectomy
Salpingo-oophorectomy
surgery
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Summary:Menopause can occur spontaneously (natural menopause) or it can be surgically induced by oophorectomy. The symptoms and complications related to menopause differ from one patient to another. We aimed to review the similarities and differences between natural and surgically induced menopause by analyzing the available data in literature regarding surgically induced menopause and the current guidelines and recommendations, the advantages of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in low and high risk patients, the effects of surgically induced menopause and to analyze the factors involved in decision making.
ISSN:1648-9144
1010-660X
1648-9144
1010-660X
DOI:10.3390/medicina55080482