Oophorectomy appears to be marginally higher for short-term HRT after oophorectomy or marginally lower for short-term HRT after oophorectomy in combination with mastectomy. This result can probably be generalized to other women at high risk in whom short-term (i.e., one- or two-year) treatment with estrogen for hot flashes may be acceptable. Oophorectomy Oophorectomy (from Greek , , 'egg-bearing' + , , 'a cutting out of') is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. The surgery is also called ovariectomy, but this term is mostly used in reference to animals, e.g. the surgical removal of ovaries from laboratory animals. Removal of
Procedure (term) If a "switch hit" or traffic interruption is 50 ms or less, it is "transparent" to the bit stream carrying the traffic, and is therefore considered "hitless" and non-traffic affecting. Procedure (term) A procedure is a document written to support a "policy directive". A procedure is designed to describe who, what, where, when, and why by means of establishing corporate accountability in support of the implementation of a "policy". The "how" is further documented by each organizational unit in the form of "work instructions" which aims to further support a procedure by providing greater detail. As an example, suppose a