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Chapter 28 - Ovarian tissue cryopreservation

from Section 7 - Ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2011

By
Debra A. Gook  and
David H. Edgar
Edited by
Jacques Donnez  and
S. Samuel Kim
Jacques Donnez
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
S. Samuel Kim
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
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Summary

Early detection and aggressive chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatments have improved the long-term survival rates for many young women with various types of cancer. The structure of the human ovary is a crucial consideration in the potential success of cryopreservation. Four permeating cryoprotectants, glycerol (GLY), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol (EG), and propanediol (propylene glycol; PROH), have been used in human and animal ovarian tissue cryopreservation. In contrast to evaluation of outcomes from embryo or gamete cryopreservation, assessing the survival and viability of cryopreserved ovarian tissue poses specific challenges. There are only two morphometric studies of human ovarian tissue which assess cryopreservation, one of which is an evaluation of the most commonly used procedure using DMSO as a cryoprotectant and controlled rate cooling on tissue from six patients. Clinical evidence has established that fertilization and embryo development can occur in oocytes recovered from cryopreserved ovarian tissue transplanted at a heterotopic site.

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assisted reproductive techniqueazoospermiachemotherapyspermatogenesissperm donorscryopreserved spermgamete donationtesticular cancerthird-party reproduction
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Principles and Practice of Fertility Preservation , pp. 342 - 356
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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