Cryopreservation of oocytes in a young woman with severe and symptomatic endometriosis: a new indication for fertility preservation

Obstetric outcomes following vitrification of in vitro and in vivo matured oocytes

“…These procedures may also be applicable to other conditions that require gonadotoxic therapies, including systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, and borderline ovarian tumors (48), and for women at high risk of premature ovarian failure, such as mosaic Turner syndrome (6,49), or in cases of severe endometriosis requiring oophorectomy or radical surgery (5). Finally, many professional women whose current circumstances preclude a pregnancy find themselves facing potential childlessness because of the irreversible loss of viable oocytes that is inevitable with advancing age (3).…”

“…The decrease in fertility is markedly accelerated in women at risk for early menopause, including those treated with gonadotoxic therapy for cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune disorders, those who have undergone extensive ovarian surgery (5), and women with genetic disorders such as Turner syndrome (6) and carriers of the fragile X premutation.…”

Clinical evaluation of the efficiency of an oocyte donation program using egg cryo-banking

“…It is also to be expected that fertility preservation may be used by healthy women, who, for personal or social reasons, are delaying childbearing and want to have an ''insurance'' against biologic aging of oocytes (16,17). Furthermore, it is likely that in different, other, yet to be defined, situations, an efficient oocyte freezing technique will be highly instrumental (51,52).…”

Cryopreservation of a mother's oocytes for possible future use by her daughter with Turner syndrome: case report

“…Some of the options for fertility preservation (e.g., embryo cryopreservation) are well established, whereas others (e.g., ovarian tissue cryopreservation and oocyte cryopreservation) are still considered experimental. Vitrification of oocyte is a promising method for cryopreservation, which offers a good opportunity for young women requiring fertility preservation for various indications, including cancer and such non-oncologic conditions as endometriosis (2,8,9).…”