Uterine appendages is often used for Salpingo-Oophorectomy (removal of both: fallopian tubes and ovaries). Uterine appendages The uterine appendages (or adnexa of uterus) are the structures most closely related structurally and functionally to the uterus. They can be defined in slightly different ways: The term "adnexitis" is sometimes used to describe an inflammation of the uterine appendages (adnexa). In this context, it replaces the terms oophoritis and salpingitis. The term adnexal mass is sometimes used when the location of a uterine mass is not yet more precisely known. 63% of ectopic pregnancies present with an adnexal mass. Depending on the size of
The Gifts of the Body a theme of shame in these stories that is so strong it creates an absence of the hope and expectation of success, and that it establishes its own ethic about caregiving and how it must "never inspire a measurable, retributive, or moralistic response." "The Gifts of the Body" won the Lambda Literary Award. The Gifts of the Body The Gifts of the Body is a novel consisting of several interconnected stories. It was written by Rebecca Brown, and originally published by HarperCollins. The several short stories are narrated by a caregiver who is tending to several patients who have contracted