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The first American woman to receive a uterus transplant

Surgeons Offer Details on First U.S. Uterus Transplant

Patient will have to wait a year before she can try to become pregnant, Cleveland Clinic doctors say
Cleveland Clinic surgeons this week performed the nation's first uterus transplant. The transplanted uterus came from a deceased donor

First U.S. Uterus Transplant Performed at Cleveland Clinic

'Life-enhancing' procedure offers women without a uterus a chance at pregnancy
Use of ultrasonography features can help identify the risk of malignancy for patients with an adnexal tumor

Risk of Malignancy Can Be Quantified Using Simple Rules

Ultrasonography features can identify the risk of malignancy in patients with adnexal masses
The use of minimally invasive hysterectomy decreased and postoperative complications increased following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety communication discouraging use of laparoscopic power morcellation during hysterectomy or myomectomy for treatment of uterine fibroids

Study Looks at Impact of FDA Safety Alert on Morcellation

Decrease in use of minimally invasive hysterectomy, increase in complications after alert issued
Having high testosterone along with high estradiol levels is associated with an elevated risk of incident fibroids during midlife in women

High T, Estradiol Increases Risk of Incident Fibroid Development

Opposite effect seen with high T, estradiol on the risk of recurrent fibroids
Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm has been described after cesarean delivery and can result in life-threatening hemorrhage if untreated

Case Report of Uterine Artery Pseudoaneurysm After C-Section

Should be considered for patients with postpartum hemorrhage, especially with significant bleeding
Use of oral contraceptives

Oral Contraceptives Tied to Long-Term Endometrial CA Protection

Protective effect seems to linger for decades after contraceptive is discontinued, researchers find
For women undergoing laparoscopic morcellation

Review: Risk of Parasitic Myoma Post Laparoscopic Morcellation

Overall incidence of parasitic myomas 0.12 to 0.95 percent after laparoscopic morcellation
The use of power morcellation to remove fibroids in the uterus can end up spreading bits of hidden cancerous tumors throughout the abdomen

Cancer Prevalence Low in Power Morcellation Fibroid Removal

Researchers call the findings 'reassuring,' but FDA warnings remain for older women