Table 3.

Estimated number of pieces of ovarian cortex (5 × 5 mm) transplanted

Reference	Original number / area mm2	Uniformed number of pieces 5 × 5 mm (25 m2)
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Meirow et al. [47, 50, 51]	4 (5 mm)	4
Andersen et al. [4], Schmidt et al. [70, 72], Tryde Schmidt et al. [80]	18 (5 × 5 mm)	18
Dolmans et al. [16], Donnez et al. [21]	200 mm2	8
Schmidt et al. [72]	20 (5 × 5 mm)	20
Akar et al. [2]	12 (7 × 5 mm)	17
Stern et al. [78]	88 mm2	4
Subtotal		71
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Meirow et al. [50]	?	?
Radford et al. [59]	2 (1 × 0.5 mm)	< 1
Donnez et al. [18, 21]	? (12 × 5 mm)	> 2
Rosendahl et al. [63], Schmidt et al. [70, 72]	20 (5 × 5 mm)	20
Schmidt et al. [70, 72]	18 (5 × 5 mm)	18
Oktay [53], Oktay et al. [56]	?	?
Demeestere et al. [11–13]	18 (5 × 5 × 2)	18
Sanchez et al. [67]	2 (15 × 20 mm) per patient	72
Dolmans et al. [16], Donnez et al. [21]	5 (5 × 10 m)	10
Andersen et al. [4], Schmidt et al. [72]	22(5 × 5 mm)	22
Silber et al. [75]	?	?
Dittrich et al. [14]	6 (1 × 2 mm)	0.5
Subtotal		> 145,5
Breast cancer
Kim et al. [40]	8–10 (btw 5 × 5–5 × 10 mm)	~15
Sanchez et al. [67], Sanchez-Serrano et al. [68]	2 (15 × 20 mm)	24
Oktay et al. [54]	15 (btw 5 × 5 × 1–15 × 5 × 2)	~25
Andersen et al. [4], Rosendahl et al. [64, 65], Schmidt et al. [72]	19 (5 × 5)	19
Subtotal		~63
Sarcomas
Andersen et al. [4], Ernst et al. [22], Schmidt et al. [72]	7 (5 × 5)	7
Ernst et al. [23]	2 (4 × 5)	~2
Cervical cancer
Kim et al. [40]	8–10 (btw 5 × 5–5 × 10 mm)	~15
Schmidt et al. [72]	16 (5 × 5 mm)	16
Gastro-intestinal system
Dittrich et al. [15] (anal)	6 (1 × 2 mm) and additional fragments to the pelvic wall	>0.5
CNS tumours
Donnez et al. [19, 20]	?	?
Total		>320 pieces (5 × 5 mm)