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Ovarian Tissue Transfer involves removing the ovary of one woman, microsurgically dissecting the tissue and subsequently transplanting it into another woman. This procedure is often considered a donor procedure, whereby an infertile woman receives the ovarian tissue of a fertile woman. In this case, it is a preferable alternative to egg donation because ovarian tissue has potentially thousands of eggs and the tissue continues to function as a normal healthy ovary in the recipient's body long after transfer, so it offers recipients multiple chances at pregnancy as compared with the single chance offered by egg donation.
Ovarian Tissue Transfer also occurs when a woman has elected to freeze her own ovarian reserve and then have it transferred back when she is ready to have a child. That is, instead of freezing individual eggs, the patient has the entire ovarian reserve frozen. This procedure is preferable to egg freezing because one egg-freezing cycle generally preserves 1-5 quality eggs, whereas Ovarian Tissue Transfer freezes tens, to hundreds, to thousands of eggs, depending on the woman. Learn more.
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