TY - JOUR
T1 - Risks for donors in uterus transplantation
AU - Kisu, Iori
AU - Mihara, Makoto
AU - Banno, Kouji
AU - Umene, Kiyoko
AU - Araki, Jun
AU - Hara, Hisako
AU - Suganuma, Nobuhiko
AU - Aoki, Daisuke
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Uterus transplantation (UTx) is an alternative to gestational surrogacy and adoption for patients with absolute uterine infertility. Studies have been conducted in animals, and UTx is now within the reach of clinical application in humans. Procedures in humans have been published, but many medical, ethical, and social problems and risks of UTx require discussion prior to widespread clinical application, from the perspectives of donors, recipients, families, and newborns. In this article, we summarize the burdens and risks of UTx, with a focus on donors who provide the uterus.
AB - Uterus transplantation (UTx) is an alternative to gestational surrogacy and adoption for patients with absolute uterine infertility. Studies have been conducted in animals, and UTx is now within the reach of clinical application in humans. Procedures in humans have been published, but many medical, ethical, and social problems and risks of UTx require discussion prior to widespread clinical application, from the perspectives of donors, recipients, families, and newborns. In this article, we summarize the burdens and risks of UTx, with a focus on donors who provide the uterus.
KW - donor
KW - surrogacy
KW - uterine infertility
KW - uterus transplantation
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U2 - 10.1177/1933719113493517
DO - 10.1177/1933719113493517
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23793471
AN - SCOPUS:84887439509
SN - 1933-7191
VL - 20
SP - 1406
EP - 1415
JO - Reproductive Sciences
JF - Reproductive Sciences
IS - 12
ER -