Abstract
Uterus transplantation is a novel form of transplantation. The first successful uterus transplantation was performed just more than 5 years ago, and we are presently accumulating more and more data about events after transplantation, both considering the donor and the recipient/partner couple. Major events concerning the health of the graft, rejections episodes, medical complications, pregnancy outcome, and hysterectomy will occur during these first 5 and more years after transplantation. The psychological aspects of these events during this time frame will be discussed in this chapter.
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Järvholm, S. (2020). Psychological Aspects After Uterus Transplantation. In: Brännström, M. (eds) Uterus Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94162-2_24
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