Oocyte Cryopreservation: Who, how and what to Expect

Elective oocyte cryopreservation: who should pay?

Despite the initial reactions of disapproval, more and more fertility clinics are now offering oocyte cryopreservation to healthy women in order to extend their reproductive options. However, so-called social freezing is not placed on an equal footing with 'regular' IVF treatments where public funding is concerned. In those countries or states where IVF patients receive a number of free cycles,...

Oocyte cryopreservation.

OBJECTIVE To review historical and contemporary advances in oocyte-cryopreservation techniques and outcomes. DESIGN Publications related to oocyte cryopreservation were identified through MEDLINE and other bibliographic databases. CONCLUSION(S) Oocyte cryopreservation can be used as an adjunct to conventional IVF and as an option for fertile women to electively cryopreserve their gametes. R...

What to Expect

We study generalisations to the structure groups U(n) of the familiar (abelian) Seiberg-Witten monopole equations on a four-manifold X and their moduli spaces. For n = 1 one obtains the classical monopole equations. For n > 1 our results indicate that there should not be any non-trivial gauge-theoretical invariants which are obtained by the scheme ‘evaluation of cohomology classes on the fundam...

What do reproductive-age women who undergo oocyte cryopreservation think about the process as a means to preserve fertility?

OBJECTIVE To better understand women's beliefs, priorities, and attitudes toward oocyte cryopreservation, to appreciate the extent of their reproductive education, and to track the reproductive paths of women who chose to undergo oocyte cryopreservation treatment. DESIGN An anonymous 30-question survey. SETTING Not applicable. PATIENT(S) From 2005-2011, 478 women completed ≥1 oocyte cryop...

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