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Fertility Preservation Through Oocyte Vitrification: Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives
Published on: September 16, 2021
[Assessment of oocyte vitrification in an IVF/ICSI program]
Pierre Boyer1, Marie Gervoise-Boyer, Pierre Tourame
1Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction Hôpital Saint joseph, 26 boulevard de Louvain 13008 Marseille. pb.boyer@gmail.com
Abstract:
Slow freezing of human oocytes is not yet a practical option. A new rapid freezing technique known as vitrification has recently been validated for use in assisted reproductive technologies. We propose to conduct a national trial aimed at validating this method in France. In theory this new approach can reduce the number of ovarian stimulations required for a give number of implantations. In addition, it has the potential to provide an alternative to embryo freezing, a procedure that raises the thorny issue of the fate of supernumerary embryos.
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