Disposition preferences in oocyte preservation patients

Purpose To characterize the frozen oocyte disposition preferences of patients undergoing medical and planned fertility preservation. Methods All oocyte cryopreservation (OC) patients were identified between 2015 and 2018. Demographic information and fertility preservation (FP) indication (medical or...

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Published in:Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 2022-07, Vol.39 (7), p.1619-1624
Main Authors: Hutchinson, Anne P., Hosakoppal, Shweta, Trotter, Kathryn A., Confino, Rafael, Zhang, John, Klock, Susan C., Lawson, Angela K., Pavone, Mary Ellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assisted Reproduction Technologies
Cryopreservation
Demography
Electronic medical records
Fertility
Fertility Preservation
Gynecology
Human Genetics
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oocyte Retrieval
Oocytes
Patients
Reproductive Medicine
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Summary:Purpose To characterize the frozen oocyte disposition preferences of patients undergoing medical and planned fertility preservation. Methods All oocyte cryopreservation (OC) patients were identified between 2015 and 2018. Demographic information and fertility preservation (FP) indication (medical or planned) were identified for each patient. Oocyte disposition options included disposal, donation to research, or donation to a specified third party, which was decided at the time of initial consent and made available in the electronic medical record. The primary outcome was the disposition selection. Secondary outcomes included differences in demographic variables and disposition selections between medical and planned FP patients using chi-squared analysis. Results A total of 336 OC patients with a documented oocyte disposition preference were identified in the study timeframe. Patients were on average 34.5 years old (SD = 5.1) and were predominantly White (70.2%), nulliparous (83.0%), with a BMI of 24.7 (SD = 5.4). A total of 101 patients underwent OC for medical FP and 235 for planned FP. In both groups, the most commonly selected disposition option was donation to research (50% planned, 52% medical), followed by donation to a specified third party (30% planned, 30% medical), and finally disposal of oocytes (20% planned, 18% medical). There were no significant differences in disposition selection between each group. When comparing patient variables between groups, medical FP patients were more likely to be under the age of 35 and were less likely to be nulliparous ( p  
ISSN:1058-0468
1573-7330
DOI:10.1007/s10815-022-02518-9