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Chapter 23 - Autotransplantation of Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue

Techniques and Results

from Section 7 - Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2021

By
Jacques Donnez ,
Diego D Manavella  and
Marie-Madeleine Dolmans
Edited by
Jacques Donnez  and
S. Samuel Kim
Jacques Donnez
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
S. Samuel Kim
Affiliation:
University of Kansas School of Medicine
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Summary

Fertility preservation is now recognized as the most essential quality of life issue in young cancer survivors. Since the last decade several strategies to preserve fertility in women have been developed and applied clinically (although some are still experimental). Ovarian tissue cryobanking is currently perceived as a promising technology for fertility preservation which draws enormous attention not only from scientific communities but also from the general public. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation followed by transplantation has proven to be very successful not only in many animals but also in humans. Indeed, we have accumulated enough data since 2004 that ovarian transplantation can restore fertility in women. As of 2018, approximately 130 healthy babies have been born worldwide after transplantation of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue [1–9].

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Fertility Preservation
Principles and Practice
 , pp. 260 - 272
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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