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

Shai E. Elizur*, Ri Cheng Chian, Hananel E.G. Holzer, Yariv Gidoni, Togas Tulandi, Seang Lin Tan

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Abstract

Objective: To report a new indication for fertility preservation. Design: Case report. Setting: Academic teaching hospital. Patient(s): A 25-year-old nulliparous woman with severe and symptomatic endometriosis and low antral follicular count. Intervention(s): Oocyte cryopreservation. Main Outcome Measure(s): Number of cryopreserved oocytes. Result(s): After three cycles of ovarian stimulation, we cryopreserved 21 oocytes. Conclusion(s): We recommend fertility preservation as part of preoperative counseling in young women with severe endometriosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293.e1-293.e3
JournalFertility and Sterility
Volume91
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fertility preservation
  • endometrioma
  • endometriosis
  • oocyte vitrification
  • premature ovarian failure

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