Oocyte cryopreservation is a boon for women undergoing assisted reproductive technology.
With the evolution in the technique of cryopreservation over the last three decades, there …

Objective: To evaluate the safety and risk of cryopreservation in female fertility preservation.
Data sources: The data analyzed in this review were the English articles from 1980 to 2013 …

The use of open carriers for embryo vitrification has raised safety concerns and therefore
vitrification in closed systems has been proposed. However, the drop in the cooling rate …

The aim of the present study was to compare an 'open'vitrification protocol to a
'closed'vitrification protocol for mature human oocytes. A prospective comparison between …

The present study reports, as far as is known for the first time, the safety of UV sterilization of
liquid nitrogen and hermetical cryostorage of human oocytes by comparing the efficiency of …

STUDY QUESTION Does oocyte vitrification adversely affect the health of 2-year-old
children compared with peers born after use of fresh oocytes in a donation programme …

The UK Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) held a consensus workshop on Oocyte
and Embryo Cryopreservation in Sheffield, UK, on May 17th, 2011. This was organized in …

BACKGROUND An efficient method for cryopreservation of human oocytes may offer
solutions to legal and ethical problems in routine infertility programs and may also be used …

Oocyte vitrification, also known as egg freezing, is increasingly being used by women as a
precautionary measure against the anticipated decline in fertility. In countries where this …

Purpose High survival rates and clinical outcomes similar to those from fresh oocytes and
blastocysts have been observed with open oocyte vitrification systems. It has been …