title: Analysis: Fertility Preservation.
abstract: This commentary considers the viability of ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) in the case of an adult who qualified for brain death. Although there has been some success with OTC in achieving pregnancy when the tissue is reimplanted in the original donor, attempting OTC in the case under discussion would have not been medically feasible.
authors.affiliation: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Center for Ethics, 110 Irving St., NW, East Bldg Room 3108, Washington, DC USA. Veronica.Gomez-Lobo@medstar.net.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gómez-Lobo
mesh_terms: D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010053:Ovary; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D037022:Posthumous Conception / Q000941:ethics*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting