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First US Uterus Transplant Failed Because of Yeast Infection

Started by suzifrommd, April 09, 2016, 12:14:27 PM

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First US Uterus Transplant Failed Because of Yeast Infection

By Rina Marie Doctor,   Tech Times | April 9

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/148678/20160409/first-us-uterus-transplant-failed-because-of-yeast-infection.htm

The first uterus transplant in the United States failed because of a yeast infection, Cleveland Clinic revealed on April 8. The failure of the operation was confirmed just two weeks after the procedure, which was on March 8, but it was only now that a definitive reason has been confirmed.
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redhot1

Does this spoil the idea for all of us? I hope their is a next time.
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nbnik

I want to start by saying that I'm not a doctor, so I don't want to come across as purporting to have any medical expertise, especially in terms of surgery. I can manage nursing myself through a cold, but that's about it.

Having said that, I doubt this will be the last attempt at such a transplant. So many people, cis women and otherwise, could benefit from this procedure. Also, the article says that the patient had a yeast infection prior to getting the transplant. The doctors hadn't known about it until after the fact, but it predated the transplant attempt. She was also taking meds to stop her body from rejecting the transplanted organ, so that apparently allowed the yeast infection to worsen more than it might have otherwise. The article makes it sound like it could happen to anyone receiving any sort of transplant, which makes sense.

tl;dr I think they probably will attempt it again. I've got a uterus and ovaries I'm not using, and I think they're perfectly fine as far as those organs go, so if anyone wants them, lmk.
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HeatherR

Quote from: nbnik on April 12, 2016, 08:23:44 PM
tl;dr I think they probably will attempt it again. I've got a uterus and ovaries I'm not using, and I think they're perfectly fine as far as those organs go, so if anyone wants them, lmk.

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Quote from: redhot1 on April 12, 2016, 05:22:35 PM
Does this spoil the idea for all of us? I hope their is a next time.

Considering the success rate in Sweden, this has just begun.

But the idea may be spoiled for some of us, though, because of our age. It will take sometime before this is a widespread procedure, and currently the Montreal Criteria dictates that it shall only be done on AFAB folks.
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