Current status of fallopian tube transplantation.
Experience in both animals and humans has shown that it is technically feasible to transplant the vascularized oviduct alone, without the ethically complicating ovary, using a procedure compatible with a concurrent standard hysterectomy in the donor. But although the operation is well within the capability of many gynecologic surgeons, immunologic barriers still stand in the way of its widespread clinical utilization.
D000818:Animals; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D010053:Ovary / Q000637:transplantation; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous