Oophorectomy 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 the ovaries of females is the biological equivalent of castration of males; the term "castration" is only occasionally used in the medical literature to refer to oophorectomy of women. In veterinary medicine, the removal of ovaries and uterus is called ovariohysterectomy (spaying) and is a form of sterilization. Partial oophorectomy
Batista procedure years, including 138 patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction caused by coronary artery disease (CAD) and 100 patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, mostly idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy... ...expanding on patient selection, when the Batista operation was applied without any selection criteria, the in-hospital mortality rate was 43%, but this decreased to 15% with the use of site selection and intraoperative echo evaluation, which helps guide the choice of procedure. In the most recent 47 patients undergoing elective surgery, the hospital mortality was only 6.4%. " Batista procedure The Batista procedure (also called a reduction left ventriculoplasty) was an experimental heart procedure that