Deceased Donor Uterus Transplantation: A Narrative Review of the First 24 Published Cases.

ABSTRACT: Uterus transplantation is the surgical treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility (AUFI), a congenital or acquired condition characterized by the absence of a uterus. More than 80 transplants have been performed worldwide, resulting in more than 30 live births, originating both from living and deceased donors. The collection of published articles on deceased donor uterus transplantations was performed in PubMed and SCOPUS by searching for the terms "Uterus transplantation" AND "deceased donor"; from the 107 articles obtained, only case reports and systematic reviews of deceased donor uterus transplantations and the resulting live births were considered for the present manuscript. The extracted data included the date of surgery (year), country, recipient (age and cause of AUFI) and d

SUBMITTER: Pecorino B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11356378 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature