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. 2022 Oct 14;11(20):6081.
doi: 10.3390/jcm11206081.

Transgender Males as Potential Donors for Uterus Transplantation: A Survey

Marie Carbonnel  1   2 , Léa Karpel  1 , Ninon Corruble  1 , Sophie Legendri  1 , Lucile Pencole  1 , Bernard Cordier  3 , Catherine Racowsky  1   3   4 , Jean-Marc Ayoubi  1   2
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Transgender Males as Potential Donors for Uterus Transplantation: A Survey

Marie Carbonnel et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Uterus transplantation is a new treatment for patients with absolute uterine infertility that is conducted in order to enable them to carry their own pregnancy. One of the limitations for its development is donor availability. Some transgender males undergo a hysterectomy in the gender-affirming surgery process, and might be interested in donating their uterus for transplantation. In this manuscript, we report the results of a survey designed to determine the attitudes of such individuals regarding donation of their uterus for this purpose. Over 32 years (January 1989-January 2021), 348 biological women underwent hysterectomy at our hospital as part of gender-affirming surgery. The survey was sent to 212 of the 348 prospective participants (for 136, we lacked postal or email addresses). Among the 212 surveys sent, we obtained responses from 94 individuals (44%): 83 (88.3%) stated they would agree to donate, of whom 44 would do so for altruism, 23 for the usefulness of the gesture and 16 out of understanding of the desire to have a child; 63 (75.5%) wanted to know the recipient and 45 (54.2%) wanted to know the result of the donation. According to this survey, a high proportion of transgender males surveyed would be interested in donating their uterus for uterus transplantation.

Keywords: hysterectomy; male; transgender; transplantation; uterus.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flowchart of the study.
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Results of the survey concerning uterus donation.
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