Primordial and growing follicles are abundant within the ovaries of healthy young female
mammals. While our understanding of follicular dynamics is based mainly on studies of …

Tissue banking of ovarian material is being increasingly offered to a variety of patients as a
means of fertility preservation. This tissue comprises thin cortical surface biopsies that …

BACKGROUND Transplantation of ovarian tissue is, at present, the only clinical option
available to restore fertility using cryopreserved ovarian tissue. More than 30 …

Primordial follicles were isolated from juvenile mouse ovaries and cryopreserved by slow
freezing with dimethylsulphoxide as the cryoprotectant. After thawing,∼ 80% of the oocytes …

OBJECTIVE: To review and summarize data from the scientific literature on ovarian tissue
and follicle transplantation as an option for fertility preservation. DESIGN: Review of …

Cryopreservation and autotransplantation of ovarian tissue for fertility preservation is
considered an experimental technique. However, in some clinical situations it remains the …

First reported in 2000, autologous transplantation of frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue is
one of the remarkable achievements in modern reproductive surgery. This advanced …

Nowadays, high‐dose chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments for cancer are more
effective but can severely affect the ovarian follicular store, compromising the fertility of …

Objective To report the first successful refreezing of ovarian tissue recovered more than 3
years after transplantation in a woman previously treated for early-stage ovarian cancer …

Purpose: To evaluate whether a total ovary can successfully be cryopreserved and thawed
under maintenance of high proportions of structurally normal primordial follicles. Methods …