“There are clinical situations in which patients should be counseled strongly to undergo elective BSO. As pointed out, patients found to have severe endometriosis, pelvic infection, benign ovarian neoplasms, and chronic pelvic pain have a higher probability of undergoing BSO. This seems warranted given that women with these conditions have a significantly higher risk of repeat surgery,” the committee members wrote.
The authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.