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Criteria for Ovarian Tissue Banking
By S. Samuel Kim, MD ©
http://www.kumc.edu/carm/
KU Women's Health Specialty Centers
University of Kansas Medical Center,
Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine
10777 Nall Avenue, Suite 200
Overland Park, KS 66211
913-588-6276
- Age: under 41 years
- Ovarian function: premenopausal by FSH, antral follicle count or AMH
- Communication with oncologists: cancer treatment plan, prognosis
- When embryo freezing or oocyte freezing is not indicated: delaying cancer
treatment is not acceptable, hormonal stimulation is not permitted, ART is not
allowed.
- Prepubertal girls who do not have any other options
- High risk for POF (when significant loss of ovarian follicles is anticipated with
cancer therapy)
- Informed consent from adult patients
- Informed consent from parents/ guardians as well as informed assent from minors,
if the patient is less than 18 years
- Physically and mentally healthy enough for surgery
- Desires to have a child in the future (preferably before the age 50)
- Thorough patient counseling: currently available fertility preservation options
including embryo and oocyte cryopreservation, how to use cryobanked ovarian
tissue for fertility restoration
- Should understand experimental nature
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