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  2. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation - Wikipedia

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    The procedure is to take a part of the ovary and carry out slow freezing before storing it in liquid nitrogen whilst therapy is undertaken. Tissue can then be thawed and implanted near the fallopian, either orthotopic (on the natural location) or heterotopic (on the abdominal wall), [ 2 ] where it starts to produce new eggs, allowing normal ...

  3. Fertility preservation - Wikipedia

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    Surgical extraction of ovarian tissue for cryopreservation. [25] Can be carried out before and after puberty. [24] No sperm necessary at time of retrieval. [25] Clinically available. [25] Don't need to halt GAHT. [24] Cryopreservation of either an ovarian cortex biopsy or the whole ovary, then the thawing and maturation of the follicles at a ...

  4. Pelvic exenteration - Wikipedia

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    In women, the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and, in some cases, the vulva are removed. In men, the prostate is removed. Patients receive significant counselling before the procedure so that they fully understand the benefits and risks. [5] Radiology is used before surgery. [5] The surgery itself is complex. [5]

  5. How is the treatment different for cancer patients? - AOL

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    As with egg freezing, the first step in the process of freezing embryos is to give a woman hormone injections (usually over the course of about 10 days) to prompt the ovaries to make multiple eggs ...

  6. Assisted reproductive technology - Wikipedia

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    Another way to look at costs is to determine the expected cost of establishing a pregnancy. Thus, if a clomiphene treatment has a chance to establish a pregnancy in 8% of cycles and costs $780, the expected cost is $9,400 to establish a pregnancy, compared to an IVF cycle (cycle fecundity 40%) with a corresponding expected cost of $46,800 ...

  7. Genital modification and mutilation - Wikipedia

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    The surgery itself is controversial, and critics refer to the procedures as "designer vagina". [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In the article Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis, she talks about the modification of woman's vagina and the outside influences women are pressured with, which can cause them to feel shame towards their labia minora .

  8. Oophorectomy - Wikipedia

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    Surgery at age 50-54 reduces the probability of survival until age 80 by 8% (from 62% to 54% survival), surgery at age 55-59 by 4%. Most of this effect is due to excess cardiovascular risk and hip fractures. [26] Removal of ovaries causes hormonal changes and symptoms similar to, but generally more severe than, menopause. Women who have had an ...

  9. ‘Egg freezing has really become mainstream’: Here ... - AOL

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    Egg freezing is on the rise in the U.S. The method helps preserve a woman’s eggs, which can then be thawed, fertilized with sperm in a lab, and implanted via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at a ...