| Literature DB >> 24327539 |
E B Prasath1, M L H Chan, W H W Wong, C J W Lim, M D Tharmalingam, M Hendricks, S F Loh, Y N Chia.
Abstract
In vitro maturation (IVM) of immature oocytes retrieved from surgically resected ovaries has been proposed as a method of fertility preservation in ovarian cancer patients undergoing definitive surgery. While there had been several reports of successful derivation of mature oocytes and or embryos, there have been no reports as yet of successful pregnancies. In this case report, we present a pregnancy and live birth from a young patient, with stage IIIC ovarian cancer, who had undergone fertility sparing surgery. The immature oocytes recovered after oophorectomy were fertilized after IVM. The embryos obtained were cryopreserved and later transferred to achieve a singleton healthy pregnancy leading to a live birth.Entities:
Keywords: IVF; cryopreservation; fertility preservation; in vitro maturation; ovarian cancer
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24327539 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det420
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Reprod ISSN: 0268-1161 Impact factor: 6.918