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There is a long tradition of transposing the ovaries before radiotherapy. Ovarian transposition offers preservation of ovarian function in many cases, and it is easy to combine it with other surgical procedures such as lymph node dissection. It is easy to perform but does not allow spontaneous pregnancies if the ovaries are fixed high up in the abdomen. Therefore, combination of ovarian transposition with cryopreservation of ovarian tissue might be necessary.

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  1. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Johanna Etienne Hospital, Neuss, Germany

    Matthias Korell

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  1. Division of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Women’s Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Specialist Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Prenatal Medicine, Endocrinology and Osteology, amedes MVZ Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Frank Nawroth

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Korell, M. (2020). Ovarian Transposition. In: von Wolff, M., Nawroth, F. (eds) Fertility Preservation in Oncological and Non-Oncological Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47568-0_25

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