{"id":2333,"date":"2015-11-03T15:18:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/ginoo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:38:33","slug":"ginoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/ginoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Indications for Cryopreservation of Oocytes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The freezing of\u00a0oocytes has become a clinically viable option for women who wish to have a child\u00a0in the future but are facing either an age-related or iatrogenic decrease in the quality\u00a0and quantity of oocytes.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<b>Reasons to Consider Cryopreservation of Oocytes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediate threat to fertility because of chemotherapy or pelvic radiation\u00a0therapy<\/li>\n<li>Surgery associated with risk of damage to the ovaries<\/li>\n<li>Ovarian disease (e.g., endometriosis) with risk of damage to the ovaries<\/li>\n<li>Risk of premature ovarian senescence because of Turner\u2019s syndrome (45,XO),\u00a0the fragile X syndrome, or a family history of premature ovarian failure<\/li>\n<li>Genetic mutation requiring oophorectomy (e.g., in BRCA-mutation carriers)<\/li>\n<li>Failure to obtain sperm by means of testicular sperm extraction on the day of\u00a0oocyte retrieval in men with azoospermia or anejaculation<\/li>\n<li>Excess oocytes during in vitro fertilization along with ethical objection to or\u00a0program-specific restrictions on fertilizing more oocytes than will be transferred\u00a0during one cycle<\/li>\n<li>Preservation of donor oocytes<\/li>\n<li>Preservation of fertility to delay pregnancy for personal reasons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>References:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Schattman GL. Cryopreservation of Oocytes. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 29;373(18):1755-60.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26510023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paramanantham J, Talmor AJ, Osianlis T, Weston GC. Cryopreserved oocytes: update on clinical applications and success rates.\u00a0Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2015 Feb;70(2):97-114.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25671372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fouks Y, Sakkas D, Bortoletto PE, Penzias AS, Seidler EA, Vaughan DA. Utilization of Cryopreserved Oocytes in Patients With Poor Ovarian Response After Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2;7(1):e2349722. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38165675\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Nov 30, 2015.<br \/>\nUp-date Mar 12, 2026.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[739,740,74,73,741,742,743],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obstetrics-gynecology","tag-criopreservacion","tag-cryopreservation","tag-indicaciones","tag-indications","tag-oocitos","tag-oocytes","tag-ovocitos"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10711,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/10711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}