Oocyte freezing: reproductive panacea or false hope of family?
| Autor: | Susie Jacob, Adam H. Balen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
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0301 basic medicine False hope media_common.quotation_subject Fertility Panacea (medicine) Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Pregnancy outcomes media_common Cryopreservation Pregnancy 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Oocyte United Kingdom 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Natural fertility Oocytes Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 79:200-204 |
| ISSN: | 1759-7390 1750-8460 |
| DOI: | 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.4.200 |
| Popis: | Advanced technology now allows young women to freeze and store oocytes with a realistic chance of future pregnancy. Vitrification has revolutionized oocyte preservation, with comparable pregnancy rates to fresh oocyte use. Traditionally used for women who were about to undergo sterilizing oncology treatment, now the opportunity has been extended for ‘social freezing’. A steady rise in all women accessing freezing continues. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding of natural fertility and the impact of age on pregnancy outcomes. The optimum time for freezing is before a woman reaches her late 30s, which unfortunately is not reflected in those accessing egg freezing. The underlying message prevails that planning for fertility is best done early, whether that be by physical completion of family size or storing oocytes before the passage of time and age prevents it. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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