Description:
Oocyte cryopreservation entails important potential advantages for human IVF. In the last few years, advances in cryopreservation methodologies have dramatically its efficiency, challenging the supremacy of embryo cryopreservation as the preferred form of fertility preservation. This book covers fundamental concepts of low temperature storage (controlled rate slow cooling and vitrification), aspects of oocyte physiology relevant to the process of cryopreservation, essential biological and clinical evidence, and ethical implications of oocyte cryopreservation. The assembled contributions provide a complete overview of progress in this powerful strategy in assisted reproduction.