Oocyte cryopreservation: fertility preservation and social freezing

What is it?

The preservation of oocytes by freezing in liquid nitrogen (at temperatures lower than -196°C).

Oocyte cryopreservation can be performed for medical reasons (in preparation for medical or surgical treatments that could impair the patient’s fertility, such as chemo- and radiotherapy) or because of an individual decision to postpone motherhood (Social Freezing).

How to make an appointment

Call your preferred centre for an appointment.

Find out more

SISMeR provides its patients with useful information on topics related to infertility and Medically-Assisted Procreation techniques. For this, it has published a series of booklets that are given to patients when they visit their SISMeR Centre.