ABSTRACT
The development of an effective oocyte-freezing program will have a major impact on clinical practice in reproductive medicine and will serve as a powerful tool to preserve fertility for teenage girls and young women without male partners, or for those individuals who are affected by malignancies. It will also be benefi cial to infertile couples who are considering moral or religious objections about embryo cryopreservation. In addition, a successful oocyte cryopreservation program will eliminate the need for donor-recipient menstrual cycle synchronization and will enable the establishment of oocyte banks, which would facilitate the logistics of coordinating egg donors with recipients.
