In medicine, salpingoophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.This spelling: 'salpingoophorectomy,' is a correct and accepted spelling, but much less common than 'salpingo-oophorectomy.' In medicine, salpingoophorectomy is the removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.This spelling: 'salpingoophorectomy,' is a correct and accepted spelling, but much less common than 'salpingo-oophorectomy.'