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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 293.e1-293.e3 |
Journal | Fertility and Sterility |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fertility preservation
- endometrioma
- endometriosis
- oocyte vitrification
- premature ovarian failure