title: Damages at Japanese assisted reproductive technology clinics by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011.
abstract: The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011 and consequent tsunami affected many IVF clinics in northeastern Japan. Twelve clinics lost at least one embryo, but all the frozen embryos stored in liquid nitrogen tanks were safe. Emergency power supply is the first priority issue in an unpredictable natural disaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. osamishr@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D046149:Embryo Culture Techniques; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors; D057192:Tsunamis