Freezing Ovaries

The direct indication to consider ovary freezing is usually either fertility preservation or fertility extension.

Ovarian freezing involves collecting slices of the ovarian tissue as shown in the image on the left. These tissue pieces are then rapidly frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen.

When the patient desires a family, the sliced tissue pieces are thawed and then placed back into its original anatomical position

Thus helping normal ovulation and probable future conception.

It is important to understand that this technique of freezing ovaries is still at an experimental stage and that pregnancies is not guaranteed post tissue transplant.

An important point to bear in mind is that..

Freezing ovaries could be offered to cancer patients who have nothing further to lose…

BUT this technique, should never be offered to young women who simply want to postpone motherhood.

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