ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Outcomes of Social Egg Freezing: A Cohort Study and a Comprehensive Literature Review.
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- Acceptance rates and reasons for social oocyte cryopreservation among women: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Pregnancy and Live Birth Outcomes From 445 Vitrified Oocyte Cycles in Australia.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Freezing first: insights from 8 years of planned oocyte cryopreservation at an "egg freezing clinic".Fertility and sterility · 2026Article
- From Preservation to Creation: The Expanding Frontier of Fertility Preservation - Proceedings of the 2Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2026Article
- Predictors of fertility preservation awareness and willingness among college students and the general population in Henan, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation Following the 2021 French Bioethics Law: Women's Characteristics and Early Clinical Outcomes From a Single-Center Observational Study.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Observational
- Ethics of non-oncological fertility preservation from the perspective of the four principles of bioethics.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Experiences of elective oocyte cryopreservation among unmarried women in Korea: a descriptive phenomenological study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Nesting the Eggs on Another Day: Social Egg Freezing.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2025Review
- The Right to Freeze Oocyte for Women in Iranian Fertility Centers: A Qualitative Study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
- Factors associated with decision outcomes along the planned oocyte cryopreservation pathway in a cohort of women who sought consultation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2024Article
- No guarantees: planned oocyte cryopreservation, not quite an insurance policy.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Review
- Social Egg Freezing-A Trend or Modern Reality?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the live birth outcome following oocyte thaw in women who underwent social egg freezing at Guy's Hospital, alongside a detailed published literature review to compare published results with the current study. A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 2016 and March 2022 for all women who underwent egg freezing during this period. Overall, 167 women had 184 social egg freezing cycles. The mean age at freeze was 37.1 years and an average of 9.5 eggs were frozen per retrieval. In total, 16% of the women returned to use their frozen eggs. The mean egg thaw survival rate post egg thaw was 74%. The mean egg fertilisation rate was 67%. The pregnancy rate achieved per embryo transfer was 48% and the live birth rate per embryo transfer was 35%. We also noted that irrespective of age at freezing, a significantly high live birth rate was achieved when the number of eggs frozen per patient was 15 or more. Despite the rapid increase in social egg freezing cycles, the utilisation rate remains low. Pregnancy and live birth rate post thaw are encouraging if eggs are frozen at a younger age and if 15 eggs or more were frozen per patient.
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