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We will need further follow-up to analyse the long-term success.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eFebruary's operation was performed on a 30-year-old woman who was unable to have children after her ovaries were removed for medical reasons.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of her ovarian tissue was frozen after her second ovary was removed two years ago, and Oktay and his team used some of this material to perform the transplant. \u003cbr/\u003eDoctors used miniature instruments and robotic equipment to implant the tissue through three tiny holes in the patient's pelvis.\u003cbr/\u003eFour months after the procedure, Oktay gave the woman fertility drugs to test ovarian function. \u003cbr/\u003eThe woman developed an egg, ovulated, and had a normal menstrual period. \u003cbr/\u003eOktay says the results of the experiment may make it possible to delay women's menopause.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Just like any technology, you intend to use it for one thing and then it's used for another thing. In theory, it's possible, I'm 25 and I don't plan to have children until I'm 40, I could freeze away one ovary and have it put back when I'm 40 -- and that could delay menopause.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eBut Dr. Wulf Utian, a specialist in menopause research, is less optimistic.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think this is a very interesting, a very intriguing procedure that they've discovered, or that they've announced. But I think it's application is very limited. And I think it has very very little application in terms of delaying menopause, and being an effective mechanism for doing that.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. Wulf H. Utian, Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacDonald Hospital for Women\u003cbr/\u003eThe patient was Margaret Lloyd-Hart, a 30 year-old Arizona resident who had her ovary removed to treat an unspecified benign medial condition. \u003cbr/\u003eShe lost her other ovary when she was 17 years old because of a cyst. \u003cbr/\u003eThe removal of her second ovary prompted an early menopause. \u003cbr/\u003eDr. Oktay emphasized that his initial intentions for implementing this procedure were to help women who had been ill like Margaret and was hesitant about the same procedure being used selectively to prolong the reproductive years. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It makes quite a bit of sense that if I'm going to have cancer treatment and I'm going to lose ovarian function, what do I have to lose by having this taken out -- even if it doesn't function when I put it back. But if I'm doing this for elective reasons I have it taken out and when I put it back it doesn't work, and I lost those three years, I think that needs to be tested.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eDr. Oktay will present his findings at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Toronto, Canada on September 27th.\u003cbr/\u003e New York City, USA  23 September 1999\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot, hospital awning\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium shot, Dr. Kutluk Oktay walking down hall of hospital\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot, presser\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway, press\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot, Dr. Oktay stitching together ovarian cells\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up, ovarian tissue in petri dish\u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot, Dr. Oktay looking through microscope\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up, ovarian tissue being sewn into lining of pelvic wall\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot, Dr. Wulf Utian\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Wulf Utian, Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacDonald Hospital for Women\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close-up, Margaret Lloyd-Hart, ovarian transplant patient\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot, presser\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Kutluk Oktay, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, New York Methodist Hospital\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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