Yes, in order to vitrify the eggs, it is necessary to extract them through follicular puncture. In addition, in order to obtain a greater number of eggs in this surgical intervention, the patient will follow a controlled ovarian stimulation treatment.
Therefore, the woman who is going to vitrify her eggs, either to preserve fertility, to undergo an IVF process or for egg donation, will have to go through these two processes: medical stimulation of ovulation and ovarian puncture.
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Andrea Rodrigo
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction from the University of Valencia along with the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI). Postgraduate course in Medical Genetics.
