Ever improving techniques in egg freezing and thawing has generated an important “open debate” in its elective use. Facebook and Apple and other companies have decided to set an example in elective egg freezing (EEF) by giving to their employees a special benefit, effectively allowing them to turn back the clock in order to attract top female talent. However, there are several ethical and medical issues which must be addressed in EEF regarding young fertile women. The oocyte cryopreservation by using different slow freezing techniques has a long history, although the results obtained by the application of these techniques in terms of oocyte survival after thawing together with the related pregnancy rates were often unsatisfactory, therefore the oocyte cryopreservation was classified as experimental 1,2. The most recent introduction of “vitrification” technique to egg cryopreservation, which is an ultra rapid cooling procedure allowing the water inside and around the oocyte to suddenly super cool into a solid state completely avoiding the formation of ice crystals, has given very promising results with significant pregnancy rates and some protocols for the application of this technique are currently available2-4. Since 2013, egg cryopreservation has no longer been considered experimental by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and currently it represents an integral part of the procedures belonging to ART and IVF

Elective egg freezing: can you really turn back the clock? / Zaami, Simona; Busardo', Francesco Paolo. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - 19:19(2015), pp. 3537-3538.

Elective egg freezing: can you really turn back the clock?

ZAAMI, Simona
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BUSARDO', FRANCESCO PAOLO
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2015

Abstract

Ever improving techniques in egg freezing and thawing has generated an important “open debate” in its elective use. Facebook and Apple and other companies have decided to set an example in elective egg freezing (EEF) by giving to their employees a special benefit, effectively allowing them to turn back the clock in order to attract top female talent. However, there are several ethical and medical issues which must be addressed in EEF regarding young fertile women. The oocyte cryopreservation by using different slow freezing techniques has a long history, although the results obtained by the application of these techniques in terms of oocyte survival after thawing together with the related pregnancy rates were often unsatisfactory, therefore the oocyte cryopreservation was classified as experimental 1,2. The most recent introduction of “vitrification” technique to egg cryopreservation, which is an ultra rapid cooling procedure allowing the water inside and around the oocyte to suddenly super cool into a solid state completely avoiding the formation of ice crystals, has given very promising results with significant pregnancy rates and some protocols for the application of this technique are currently available2-4. Since 2013, egg cryopreservation has no longer been considered experimental by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and currently it represents an integral part of the procedures belonging to ART and IVF
2015
EEF; oocyte cryopreservation; female fertility
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Elective egg freezing: can you really turn back the clock? / Zaami, Simona; Busardo', Francesco Paolo. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - 19:19(2015), pp. 3537-3538.
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