Fertility Preservation - Ovarian Cryopreservation

Kutluk Oktay, MD, founder of the Institute for Fertility Preservation, helped pioneer the technique of ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation. With this technique, children and women can undergo a simple laparoscopic procedure to have their ovarian tissue frozen for later ovarian transplantation. Ovarian tissue freezing is still an experimental technique and is utilized when a medical treatment such as chemotherapy or surgery would result in infertility and early menopause.  Transplantation can be done with two different techniques, both developed by Dr. Oktay, to either transplant the ovarian tissue next to the womb or underneath the patient’s skin (see publications).