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NATIONAL PROGRAMMES WITH CENTRALIZED CRYOBANKS PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SERVICE
 Ovarian tissue is removed at the local hospital and transported to a central laboratory where cryopreservation and storage is performed.
 The advantages of either centralized or network-organized cryopreservation are;
 It keeps the expertise of both consulting doctors and technical performance concentrated and updated in a few centers.
 It secures a high quality service of this relative seldomly performed procedure.
 It provide patients who are very ill with an option to have their fertility preserved.
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TRANSPORT OF OVARIAN TISSUE FOR UP TO 4-5 HOURS ON ICE
 Tissue is transported on crushed ice.
 Direct contact between the tissue and ice should be avoided (boble-plast or ‘fruit bags’ can be used for insulation)
 The metabolic rate of the cells is limited when the tissue is cooled around zero degrees.
 Therefore, the transportation media only need to comprise a basic medium with salts and small amount of nutrients is sufficient.
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