A technique for laparoscopic transplantation of frozen-banked ovarian tissue.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a laparoscopic technique for transplanting frozen-banked ovarian tissue.


METHODS
Case study.


METHODS
Academic medical center.


METHODS
A patient whose ovarian tissue was previously frozen with the slow-freeze technique.


METHODS
Microsurgical reconstruction of ovarian cortex and its laparoscopic transplantation to the ovarian fossa.


METHODS
Blood flow to the grafts by doppler, follicle development and ovulation by ultrasound, E(2) and progesterone production, and resumption of spontaneous menses.


RESULTS
The patient ovulated and menstruated 4 months after the transplant in response to ovarian stimulation with menopausal gonadotropins.


CONCLUSIONS
Laparoscopic transplantation of frozen-banked ovarian tissue beneath the pelvic peritoneum can restore ovarian function.
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Center For Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.kuo9001@med.cornell.edu
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D000328:Adult; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008596:Menotropins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008598:Menstruation; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010053:Ovary / Q000637:transplantation*; D010060:Ovulation; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014463:Ultrasonography
D006728:Hormones; D008596:Menotropins