This technique is used in women diagnosed of cancer and want to have children after the treatment.
One of the ovaries is removed. After a prudential time, if the production of ovarian hormones in the remaining ovary has not went back to normal, the removed ovary is defreezed and transplanted back.
Read the full article on: What Is Autologous Ovarian Orthotopic Transplantation? ( 26).
By Cristina Mestre Ferrer B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist) and Sandra Fernández B.A., M.A. (fertility counselor).
Last Update: 07/11/2014
