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Preventing Age Related Fertility Loss

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Editors:
  1. Dominic Stoop

    1. Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Aims to provide balanced information including the limitations and risks associated with the technique? of oocyte cryopreservation

  • Author has treated hundreds of women in one of the most prestigious fertility centres in the world

  • Information in this book will be useful for both professionals and for women that are considering oocyte cryopreservation

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Female Age and Reproductive Chances

    • A. C. de Kat, F. J. M. Broekmans
    Pages 1-10

  3. Late Motherhood in Low-Fertility Countries: Reproductive Intentions, Trends and Consequences

    • Tomáš Sobotka, Éva Beaujouan
    Pages 11-29

  4. Treatment Options for Age Related Fertility Loss

    • Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Nikolaos P. Polyzos
    Pages 31-42

  5. Preliminary Assessment Prior to Oocyte Cryopreservation

    • O. Rustamov, S. K. Sunkara
    Pages 43-52

  6. Alternative Options for Preventive Oocyte Cryopreservation

    • Marja Visser
    Pages 53-59

  7. The Profile of a Pioneer Cohort of Women Opting for Oocyte Cryopreservation for Non-medical Reasons

    • Julie Nekkebroeck
    Pages 61-71

  8. Ovarian Stimulation Prior to Elective Oocyte Cryopreservation

    • C. Iglesias, J. A. García-Velasco
    Pages 73-86

  9. Oocyte Cryopreservation Technique

    • Neelke De Munck, Gábor Vajta, Laura Rienzi
    Pages 87-101

  10. Optimal Preparation Prior to the Use of Cryopreserved Oocytes

    • Shari Mackens, Arne van de Vijver, Samuel Santos-Ribeiro
    Pages 103-116

  11. Clinical Outcome After Oocyte Cryopreservation for Elective Fertility Preservation

    • Ana Cobo
    Pages 117-124

  12. Safety of Preventive Oocyte Cryopreservation

    • Shruti Parikh, Christophe Blockeel
    Pages 125-139

  13. Procreative Procrastination: The Ethics of Postponed Parenthood

    • Daniela Cutas, Anna Smajdor, Kristien Hens
    Pages 141-156

  14. Ethical Aspects of AGE Banking

    • Heidi Mertes
    Pages 157-168

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 169-172
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About this book

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 general trend 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Dominic Stoop

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preventing Age Related Fertility Loss

  • Editors: Dominic Stoop

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14857-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14856-4Published: 23 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79205-7Published: 30 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14857-1Published: 27 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 172

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health

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