fertility preservation

Preferred Label : fertility preservation;

MeSH definition : A method of providing future reproductive opportunities before a medical treatment with known risk of loss of fertility. Typically reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are cryopreserved for future use before the medical treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation) begins.; A method of providing future reproductive opportunities. Typically CRYOPRESERVATION of reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are carried out before known risk of loss of fertility (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation or military deployment) begins for future use.;

MeSH synonym : fertility preservations; preservation, fertility;

CISMeF synonym : preservations, fertility;

MeSH hyponym : Freezing, Sperm; Freezing, Egg;

Details

Origin ID

D059247;

UMLS CUI

C1171194;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fertility Preservation [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- Egg Freezing [MeSH concept]
- Sperm Freezing [MeSH concept]
- fertility preservation [MeSH concept]
See also
- cryopreservation [MeSH Descriptor]
- oocyte retrieval [MeSH Descriptor]
- organ sparing treatments [MeSH Descriptor]
- sperm retrieval [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- fertility [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fertility Preservation [NCIt concept]
- Fertility care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]

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