This can also occur after removal of the uterus and both ovaries and is then called a surgical menopause.

One treatment is the off-label use of testosterone in post-menopausal women or women who have had their ovaries removed (surgical menopause).

Upon further analysis, it was found that women who had experienced surgical menopause, having had their ovaries removed, did not benefit from this intervention.

In young women who have undergone early or surgical menopause, who do not take estrogen, their risk for heart disease is also higher.

Symptoms of surgical menopause can be more severe and start more suddenly.

Being a woman who has gone through natural or surgical menopause.

Conversely, early surgical menopause has been demonstrated to increase the incidence of these diseases.

Adult women who have their ovaries removed however, go immediately into full surgical menopause, no matter how young they are.

It rarely causes symptoms following natural or surgical menopause.

Thirty-one percent had had a surgical menopause.