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Egg (oocyte) freezing is the process of freezing and storing mature eggs collected from a woman's ovaries using the vitrification method in order to have children in the future.
With the latest change in the in vitro fertilization regulation in our country; Permission to freeze and preserve egg cells or ovarian tissue, which is given to women who will previously undergo a serious surgical operation or receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy due to a malignant disease, is also given to nulliparous women who have decreased ovarian reserve or who are at risk of early menopause, provided that they obtain a medical board report.
After stimulating the ovaries with hormonal medications, egg collection is performed under vaginal ultrasound guidance. Mature eggs are frozen by the vitrification method. Frozen eggs are stored in liquid nitrogen tanks at -196 degrees. Live survival rates per thawed egg are 90-95%. Microinjection is then performed on the eggs that are thawed as 100% alive. Embryos developed in a laboratory environment are transferred to the woman's uterus.
Who Can Apply to Egg Freezing?
- During the cancer treatment process, treatments that are harmful to egg cells, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Surgery in women who have to undergo surgery,
- Women who have a family history of early menopause, have decreased ovarian reserve, are not yet married and cannot become pregnant,
- Women whose ovaries need to be removed by surgery and therefore are at risk of losing their reproductive functions. The ovaries can be removed and frozen beforehand.
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