The most comprehensive study to date evaluating the effectiveness of egg freezing revealed that, despite a new flash freezing technique, high failure rates continue to be associated with egg freezing procedures across all age groups.
Citing a lack of data on safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and potential emotional risks, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine report states, “Marketing this technology for the purpose of deferring childbearing may give women false hope and encourage women to delay childbearing. Patients who wish to pursue this technology should be carefully counseled.”
Read The Egg Freezing Scam?, by Miriam Zoll, 27 Feb 2014.
More Information:
- Age-specific probability of live birth with oocyte cryopreservation: an individual patient data meta-analysis, ASRM, May 2013.
- Mature oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline, ASSM, Jenuary 2013.
- Freezing your eggs – the costs and other realities, CNN, October 6, 2011.
- Is Egg Freezing the Next Big Thing for New York Career Women Facing Infertility?, NewYorkMag, October 17, 2005.
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