Effectiveness of social egg freezing: protocol for systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social egg freezing is storing egg for the purpose of preserving fertility and delayed childbearing. Currently, little is known about the utilisation and effectiveness of this approach. This review aims to determine (1) the proportion of women who used their stored eggs, and (2) the egg survival rate through vitrification, and the clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate per 100 women partaking in the procedure, and among women who stored their eggs for medical reasons.

Methods and analyses

This systematic review will be done according to the items listed in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. PubMed, Embase, Scopus, The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and the Cochrane Library and

SUBMITTER: Wang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797320 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature