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

• Main Authors: Fu-Tsai Kung (Author), Hui-Chun Chen (Author), Chao-Cheng Huang (Author), Jih Tsun Ho (Author), Bi-Hua Cheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...