Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Reproductive Medicine Department, International Evangelical Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2019 May;98(5):647-652. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13573. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
The aim of this review is to provide current knowledge on fertility preservation for non-medical reasons in women willing to postpone childbearing. The topic is highly debatable, starting from disagreement about its terminology, the number of eggs necessary to predict chances of success, and the safety and socio/ethical point of view. Cost analysis and discrepancies among countries' recommendations and regulations are described to confirm the controversies and unsolved issues around this very interesting topic. Finally, an overview on the returning rate of women among "egg bankers" and reasons behind their decisions are illustrated.
本篇综述的目的是为有推迟生育意愿的女性提供非医学原因的生育力保存的最新知识。该主题极具争议性，从其术语的不一致性、预测成功机会所需的卵子数量，到安全性和社会/伦理观点等方面都存在争议。本文还描述了成本分析以及各国建议和法规之间的差异，以证实围绕这个非常有趣的主题存在的争议和未解决的问题。最后，本文还概述了“卵子银行”中女性的回院率及其决策背后的原因。
