The opportunity to conceive, carry and give birth to a biologically related child is a deep desire for many women and their partners.
Most uterus transplants so far have used altruistic living donors, typically a mother donating to her daughter or an aunt to her niece.at least four healthy live births reportedUteruses from deceased donors are mostly provided through standard family consent methods for medical research. But in future, they could be provided through organ donor registration processes modified to include the uterus.
Of the two approved Australian trials, only one will conduct both living and deceased donor uterus transplantation. The other will trial only living donor transplantation. For living donors, physical risks arise from surgery duration and operative and postoperative complications, the most common being urinary tract injury and infection.
These risks may be reduced with appropriate counseling and support. But as with all altruistic organ donation, they cannot be entirely eliminated.Deceased donor transplantation also carries risks but involves less surgical time than living donor transplantation and therefore less demand on medical resources and personnel.