Preventing Age Related Fertility Loss

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 172 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-14856-4 (ISBN)

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This unique book provides expert advice on all the different aspects related to fertility preservation for age related infertility. Although, there is a lot of information available on the Internet and in books about fertility preservation for cancer treatment, little information is available for young women that are confronted with a ticking biological clock. While men have been able to cryopreserve sperm since the 1950s, women have only recently gained the opportunity to preserve their gametes through the egg vitrification technique. Therefore, many women confronted with a risk of imminent fertility loss, such as chemotherapy, are now freezing their oocytes instead of embryos. Successful oocyte cryopreservation offers them a reproductive autonomy independent of men. Moreover, it now enables single women to preserve their reproductive chances. The most important threat for female fertility is ovarian aging as it causes a progressive decline in the reproductive chances. The generaltrend to delay motherhood due to societal changes confronts many women and couples with a diminished fertility. This fertility problem can often not be cured by in vitro fertilization, which makes that an increasing number of women require oocyte donation as the treatment of last resort. In the last few years, fertility centres around the world have started to offer the opportunity cryopreserve oocytes to young, often highly educated, single women. This patient population is unique as compared to other patients in the fertility clinic as they perform a preventive treatment. They are neither confronted with infertility nor are they undergoing a treatment that might cause an imminent treat to their fertility.

Dominic Stoop took his medical degree in 2001 and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynaecology in 2007 at the Ghent University, Belgium. He joined the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the Free University of Brussels in 2008 where he is currently a professor. He is a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology board-certified subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery. His main clinical and research interests include gynaecology and ovary freezing.

Female age and reproductive chances.- Preliminary assessment prior to oocyte cryopreservation.- Psychological counselling and alternative options.- Harvesting oocytes for cryopreservation.- Oocyte cryopreservation technique.- Oocyte quality testing.- Optimal preparation prior to the use of cryopreserved oocytes.- Safety of oocyte cryopreservation.- Pregnancy at an advanced maternal age.- Motherhood at an advanced maternal age.- Ethical and societal aspects of elective oocyte cryopreservation.- Clinical outcomes after elective oocyte cryopreservation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 172 p. 21 illus., 15 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Schlagworte	Cryopreservation • fertility • fertility preservation • Oocyte • Ovarian Aging • Vitrification
ISBN-10	3-319-14856-7 / 3319148567
ISBN-13	978-3-319-14856-4 / 9783319148564
Zustand	Neuware