TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining quality assurance and quality control measures in connection with ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation
T2 - a call to action
AU - Andersen, Claus Yding
AU - Bollerup, Anne Cathrine
AU - Kristensen, Stine Gry
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Freezing of ovarian tissue for fertility preservation has been gaining ground as a valid method in recent years. More than 100 children have been born from this procedure worldwide. As a result, many fertility clinics are now implementing this method. However, the practical procedures that need to be mastered to successfully implement the freezing of ovarian tissue are different in many aspects from those normally used in fertility clinics and are not well defined. Furthermore, success is difficult to measure since patients usually do not return for transplantation until several years after freezing, which puts extra emphasis of good quality control and quality assurance measures to secure a transplantation of tissue with surviving follicles that can sustain fertility. The present paper describes the procedures and a checklist implemented in Denmark in order to secure a successful clinical service. To standardize and implement uniform measures for this new method, we suggest a consensus conference to collectively agree on the best technical and clinical practice.
AB - Freezing of ovarian tissue for fertility preservation has been gaining ground as a valid method in recent years. More than 100 children have been born from this procedure worldwide. As a result, many fertility clinics are now implementing this method. However, the practical procedures that need to be mastered to successfully implement the freezing of ovarian tissue are different in many aspects from those normally used in fertility clinics and are not well defined. Furthermore, success is difficult to measure since patients usually do not return for transplantation until several years after freezing, which puts extra emphasis of good quality control and quality assurance measures to secure a transplantation of tissue with surviving follicles that can sustain fertility. The present paper describes the procedures and a checklist implemented in Denmark in order to secure a successful clinical service. To standardize and implement uniform measures for this new method, we suggest a consensus conference to collectively agree on the best technical and clinical practice.
U2 - 10.1093/humrep/dey105
DO - 10.1093/humrep/dey105
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29718400
AN - SCOPUS:85051739187
SN - 0268-1161
VL - 33
SP - 1201
EP - 1204
JO - Human Reproduction
JF - Human Reproduction
IS - 7
ER -