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surgical menopause

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surgical menopause
Etymology: Gk, cheirourgia + L, men, month; Gk, pauein, to cease
the creation of a menopausal state by surgical removal of the ovaries.

surgical menopause
Gynecology Cessation of native estrogenic activity after bilateral oophorectomy in a premenopausal woman


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Non-natural menopause, particularly surgical menopause, may represent an increased risk with younger age at menopause given that surgery is usually done before natural menopause occurs.
The changes for younger women from surgical menopause could be more intense than natural menopause.
There is no perimenopausal phase when there is a surgical menopause.
 
 
 
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