Preservation of Ovarian Germinal Follicles by Temporary Laparoscopic Ovarian Transposition in Teenaged Girls Undergoing Craniospinal Irradiation for Radiosensitive Central Nervous System Tumors

Objective: To report the efficacy of laparoscopic ovarian transposition procedure in teenaged girls for preventing ovarian damage from craniospinal radiation therapy. Materials and Methods: Five teenaged girls were diagnosed with radiosensitive brain germinomas or medulloblastomas that needed irradi...

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Published in:	Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Main Authors:	Fu-Tsai Kung, Hui-Chun Chen, Chao-Cheng Huang, Jih Tsun Ho, Bi-Hua Cheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2008-09-01
Subjects:	germinal follicle germinoma laparoscopy oophoropexy medulloblastoma ovarian transposition radiotherapy
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S102845590860128X