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Ovarian tissue storage-only option for girls
• Rapid
• Restorationofendocrine
function as well as fertility • No lower age limit
• Surgicalintervention • Riskofmalignant
contamination
‘many experts believe that there is now enough evidence to support the use of ovarian-tissue cryopreservation as a valid and effective technique rather than as an experimental approach’
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh
Donnez J, Dolmans M. N Engl J Med 2017;377:1657-1665
‘Selection criteria clearly need to be applied, the most important being:
• age of less than 35 years
• a realistic chance of surviving for 5 years • at least a 50% risk of POI’
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