Journal of Fertilization: In Vitro - IVF-Worldwide, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics & Stem Cell Biol
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Alberto Vaiarelli

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• Editorial
  Oocyte Cryopreservation: Who, how and what to Expect
  Author(s): Paolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Marcello Desgro, Alberto Vaiarelli and Pasquale PatrizioPaolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Marcello Desgro, Alberto Vaiarelli and Pasquale Patrizio
  
  Oocyte cryopreservation is gaining widespread clinical acceptance. The main indications include: a) Fertility preservation in cancer patients or other fertility-impairing conditions; b) Patients at risk of premature ovarian failure; c) Oocytes banking for donation programs; d) Cases with no sperm available at the time of oocyte harvesting; and e) Cases where for religious reasons patients prefer to cryopreserve gametes instead of embryos. Oocytes cryopreservation has recently been proposed also for women that wish to postpone their reproductive plans at later age for career or social reasons. The utilization of oocyte preservation in this setting is appealing also from an ethical perspective, allowing maintenaince of reproductive autonomy and rights at later age, thus avoiding the stigma of childlessness or resorting to oocytes donation to fullfil the desire of motherhood. However, de.. View More»
  

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