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. 2022 Jun 10;13:918899. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.918899

Table 3.

OTC/OTT Participant characteristics for fertility and hormone outcomes (21, 22, 25, 34, 37, 44, 57, 59, 61, 64, 66, 78, 84, 9193, 95, 111, 115, 118, 124).

Size of processed ovarian tissue Strips Squares Fragments
Range Dimensions of processed ovarian tissue Length x Width (mm2 ) 6-10 x 2-5 5 x 5 2-3 x 1-2
Most common dimension Length x Width (mm2 ), (n=67) 6 x 4 (n = 28) 5 x 5 (n = 37) 2 x 2 (n = 2)
No. of OTC/OTT participants 51 37 4
Method of cryopreservation
(Slow freeze, Vitrification)
Slow freeze: 50
Vitrification: 0
Slow freeze: 37
Vitrification: 0
Slow freeze: 4
Vitrification: 0
Mean Age at OTC
Years ± SD, Range
27.4 ± 6.6, 9-40 29.8 ± 5.31, 15.4-38 22.8 ± 3.3, 18-25
Mean Age at OTT
Years ± SD, Range
33.1 ± 5.3, 13.6-41.9 33.8± 4.95, 27-43 30.3 ± 1.7, 28-32
No. of participants with previous treatment prior to OTC 21 2 1
Average number of tissues transplanted, ± SD, Range
(1st, 2nd, 3rd)
1st: 11.5 ± 7.8, 2-46
2nd: 11.7 ± 4, 8-16 (n=7)
1st:10.9 ± 2.8, 6-17
2nd: 8.3 ± 4.3, 3-16 (n=10)
1st: 21.8 ± 30.3, 4-67
2nd: 20 (n=1)
3rd: 49 (n=1)
Av. Area of tissue transplanted (mm2) ± SD, Range, mm2
(Total, 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Total: 394.58 ± 262.7, 40 – 1152
1st: 334.0 ± 172.5, 40-920
2nd: 385.75 ± 100.7, 216-550
3rd: -
Total: 328.4 ± 128, 150 -750
1st; 271.8 ± 69.9, 150-425
2nd: 207.5 ± 108, 75-400 mm2
3rd: -
Total: 134.8 ± 139.8, 12-268
1st; 83 ± 123.8, 12-268
2nd: 60 (n=1)
3rd:147 (n=1)