Early Removal of Ovaries

The University of Warwick has found through a study that there is a link between the removal of ovaries during hysterectomy and an increase in heart disease, cancer and premature death. This is the largest study of this kind conducted on the subject and covered a 10-year period comparing women who were treated for a benign disease that had both ovaries removed with those who had one or none removed. About 113,679 cases of women aged 35-45 from April 2004 to March 2014 were reviewed. Both ovaries were removed from 1/3 of these patients. The results of this …read more