Title : Ovarian transplant – A new frontier
Abstract:
Transplantation of organs is a rapidly expanding faculty of medicine. While the solid organ transplantation has grown by leaps and bounds, ovarian transplantation is still in its infancy. Although recent interest has been generated for preservation of fertility in cancer therapy patients, other indications have emerged. Ovarian dysgenesis with missing normal ovarian complement and premature ovarian failure has come in the forefront. Three cases of orthotopic ovarian transplant with different surgical techniques have been described along with a analysis of twelve cases of Ovarian Transplant. The world’s first orthtopic vascular transplant was done in March 2002. The surgical video will be presented.
The unique vascular orthotopic transplantation is the ideal choice, but may not be possible in all cases because of unavailability of proper vasculature. Ovarian grafting may be performed in these cases.
The success of ovarian transplantation can be discussed on proper indication, surgical techniques, adequacy of immunosuppression, and finally the functioning of the graft. Our clinical results with ovarian transplant confirms the success on all these parameters.
