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MEDICINE
Volume 95, Issue 39, Pages -Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004095
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cryopreservation; follicle; freezing; ovary; vitrification
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Background:Vitrification is the standard method for cryopreserving human oocytes and embryos, but its effects on ovarian tissue are uncertain. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the proportion of intact primordial follicles in ovarian tissue cryopreserved with vitrification versus slow freezing.Methods:Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until November 11, 2014 using combinations of the search terms: ovarian tissue, cryopreservation, vitrification, follicle, follicles. Inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trails, two-arm prospective studies, and retrospective studies in which ovarian tissues were preserved by vitrification or conventional slow freezing. The primary outcome was the proportion of intact primordial follicles.Results:Six studies were included in the meta-analysis. The number of patients ranged from 3 to 20, and age ranged from 20 to 43 years. Total number of morphologically intact follicles ranged from 14 to 2058, among which 6 to 724 were primordial. The pooled odds ratio (OR) showed no significant difference in the proportion of intact primordial follicles after slow freezing or vitrification (OR = 1.228, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.769-1.961, P = 0.390). Sensitivity analysis using the leave-one-out approach indicated no considerable changes in the direction and magnitude of the pooled estimates when individual studies were excluded one at a time, indicating good reliability of the current analysis.Conclusions:Vitrification and slow freezing produce equivalent results with respect to intact primordial follicles for the cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue. However, the included studies varied in the cryopreservation protocols used.
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