PROPHYLACTIC OOPHORECTOMY

  

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PROPHYLACTIC OOPHORECTOMY

Specialty Definition: PROPHYLACTIC OOPHORECTOMY

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Health

Surgery intended to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by removing the ovaries before disease develops. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PROPHYLACTIC OOPHORECTOMY

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Health

This is probably not high enough to warrant prophylactic oophorectomy as an independent operative procedure with its attendant risks. (references)

Therefore, premenopausal women who cannot comply with estrogen replacement therapy should be advised regarding these risks as well as the benefits of prophylactic oophorectomy. (references)

Prophylactic oophorectomy performed in women undergoing abdominal surgery for other indications such as benign uterine disease is also associated with a significant reduction in the risk of ovarian cancer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PROPHYLACTIC OOPHORECTOMY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 52 4F 50 48 59 4C 41 43 54 49 43      4F 4F 50 48 4F 52 45 43 54 4F 4D 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01011001 01001100 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01001111 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01010010 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01001101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#89 &#76 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#79 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#77 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 004F 0050 0048 0059 004C 0041 0043 0054 0049 0043      004F 004F 0050 0048 004F 0052 0045 0043 0054 004F 004D 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5052495042594635375443372494950424952393754494759

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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