Moderator / Dr. Muhjah Falah Ph.D

MD. Ph.D in infertility and clinical reproduction from high institue for infertility diagnosis and assisted reproductive technologies, Baghdad/Iraq. Trained in IVF /ICSI at Infertility and IVF center /Al. Sadr Medical City /Al-Najaf AL-Ashraf /Iraq. Member of iraqi fertility society of reproductive medicine and Embryology (ISRME). Published several research articles about infertility, ICSI and clinical reproduction in different scientific journals inside and outside IRAQ.

Speaker / Dr. Mustafa ZAKARIA Ph,D

MD. MSc Reproductive Biology, Deputy Executive Director and Administrative Coordinator of the Moroccan Society for Endometriosis and Reproductive Medicine MSERM and Consultant in IRIFIV Fertility Center , IVF laboratoy, Casablanca, Morocco

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Description ; Both sperm and embryo cryopreservation have become routine procedures in human assisted reproduction and oocyte cryopreservation is being introduced into clinical practice and is getting more and more widely used. Embryo cryopreservation has decreased the number of fresh embryo transfers and maximized the effectiveness of the IVF cycle. The data shows that women who had transfers of fresh and frozen embryos obtained 8% additional births by using their cryopreserved embryos. Oocyte cryopreservation offers more advantages compared to embryo freezing, such as fertility preservation in women at risk of losing fertility due to oncological treatment or chronic disease, egg donation, and postponing childbirth, and eliminates religious and/or other ethical, legal, and moral concerns of embryo freezing. In this review, the basic principles, methodology, and practical experiences as well as safety and other aspects concerning slow cooling and ultrarapid cooling (vitrification) of human embryos and oocytes are summarized.