Affiliation:
1. School of Clinical Medicine University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
2. The Royal Hospital for Women Sydney New South Wales Australia
3. The Children's Hospital Westmead Sydney New South Wales Australia
4. Westmead Hospital Sydney New South Wales Australia
5. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
Abstract
BackgroundUterus transplantation is an emerging treatment option for uterine factor infertility. Most uterus transplantation research programs use living donors, although this comes with considerable surgical and psychological risks and not all women desiring uterus transplantation will have an available living donor. A deceased donor program eliminates donor risks; however, the availability of deceased uterus donors is currently unknown in Australia.AimsTo establish the feasibility of a deceased donor uterus transplantation program in Australia and consider expanded inclusion criteria for this model.Materials and MethodsA retrospective review of the New South Wales (NSW) Organ and Tissue Donation Service database was undertaken to identify potential deceased uterus donors, with comparison to the broad deceased donor inclusion criteria from three international uterus transplantation trials including female, brain‐dead, multi‐organ donation, no major abdominal surgery, and <60 years of age.ResultsBetween January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022, 648 deceased donors were available in NSW. Of these, 43% (279/648) were female and 67% of the women (187/279) were also multi‐organ donors. When the brain‐dead donor‐only and age criteria (<60 years) were applied, a total of 107 deceased donors met the available criteria for uterus transplantation, with an average of 21 deceased donors per year in NSW.ConclusionsThere appears to be adequate deceased donor organ availability to establish a deceased uterus transplantation program in NSW, Australia. Should interest in uterus transplantation increase, including criteria such as older and nulliparous donors could increase organ availability for a uterus transplantation program.
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology,General Medicine
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1. Living-Donor Uterus Transplantation: A Clinical Review;Journal of Clinical Medicine;2024-01-29
2. Final thoughts from ANZJOG in 2023;Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;2023-12