Provider Knowledge and Support of Uterus Transplantation: Surveying Multidisciplinary Team Members.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine relevant provider opinions on uterus transplantation (UTx).

Patients and methods

We invited 1933 providers in obstetrics and gynecology, transplant surgery, transplant medicine, internal medicine, and family medicine at a large, integrated health care system to complete an online survey containing a series of questions on their attitudes about the ethics and clinical utility of UTx. The survey was open from June 4, 2018, through July 2, 2018. We received 449 responses overall (23.2% response rate).

Results

Of 433 physicians who responded, 195 (45.0%) believe that UTx is ethically justified, and just over a third (160 of 446 [35.9%]) would introduce the possibility of UTx to a patient with absolute uterine factor infertility (AUFI). Respondents i

SUBMITTER: Riggan KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7140015 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature