Table 1.
Number of follicles and number and percentage of morphologically normal follicles (total, primordial, primary, secondary, and antral follicles) counted in samples of fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue, before and after transplantation.
| Groups | Total Follicles | Primordial Follicles | Primary Follicles | Secondary Follicles | Antral Follicles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no | no | no MN (%) | no | no MN (%) | no | no MN (%) | no | no MN (%) | |
| Fresh non-transplanted | 1372 (137.2 ± 35.6) | 443 (44.3 ± 19.4) | 394 (88.9 ± 19)AX | 250 (25.0 ± 8.6) | 249 (99.6 ± 9)AX | 247 (24.7 ± 20.7) | 197 (79.8 ± 15)AX | 432 (43.2 ± 15.7) | 342 (79.2 ± 15)AX |
| Fresh transplanted | 159 (15.9 ± 12.7) | 65 (6.5 ± 6.8) | 55 (84.6 ± 7)Ax | 19 (1.9 ± 1.8) | 16 (84.2 ± 2)Bx | 71 (7.1 ± 4.4) | 50 (70.4 ± 4)Bx | 4 (0.4 ± 0.5) | 3 (75.0 ± 0)Ax |
| Cryopreserved non-transplanted | 985 (98.5 ± 61.6) | 285 (28.5 ± 10.7) | 264 (92.6 ± 10)aX | 264 (26.4 ± 26.1) | 234 (88.6 ± 24)aZ | 170 (17.0 ± 13.7) | 126 (74.1 ± 14)aZ | 266 (26.6 ± 21) | 184 (69.2 ± 15)aX |
| Cryopreserved transplanted | 128 (12.8 ± 3.8) | 38 (3.8 ± 1.5) | 28 (73.7 ± 1)ax | 16 (1.6 ± 1.5) | 14 (87.5 ± 1.3)ax | 31 (3.1 ± 1.7) | 22 (71.0 ± 1.8)ax | 43 (4.3 ± 3.8) | 20 (46.5 ± 2.4)bz |
no = total number of follicles, no MN = number of morphologically normal follicles. Data within parentesis are mean ± SD.
Different letters indicate significant difference (p < 0.01), in the same column, according to the following code:
A,BDifference between Fresh non-transplanted and Fresh transplanted groups.
a,bDifference between Cryopreserved non-transplanted and Cryopreserved transplanted groups.
X,ZDifference between Fresh non-transplanted and Cryopreserved non-transplanted groups.
x,zDifference between Fresh transplanted and Cryopreserved transplanted groups.