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  1. Article: Uterus transplantation: what the world's religions have to say.

    da Graca, Briget / Wall, Anji E / Testa, Giuliano / Johannesson, Liza

    Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)

    2024  Volume 37, Issue 3, Page(s) 373–380

    Abstract: Uterus transplantation (UTx) has evolved from a purely experimental procedure to a clinical treatment option available outside the clinical trial context, offering women with absolute uterine-factor infertility an opportunity to experience pregnancy. As ... ...

    Abstract Uterus transplantation (UTx) has evolved from a purely experimental procedure to a clinical treatment option available outside the clinical trial context, offering women with absolute uterine-factor infertility an opportunity to experience pregnancy. As UTx becomes better established and more widely known and performed, it is likely to be sought out by geographically and culturally diverse patients, particularly those whose religious beliefs impose barriers to other paths to achieve parenthood, such as gestational surrogacy and adoption. Many religions do not currently have official positions on UTx, meaning that clinicians involved in screening candidates can expect questions about how the UTx process aligns with various religious beliefs. This article provides a broad background on the current positions major world religions have taken on UTx (or its components) and the alternative paths to parenthood of gestational surrogacy and adoption. It is intended to help clinicians communicate the information necessary for individuals interested in uterus donation or transplantation to determine-in consultation with their spiritual advisors or religious authorities when needed-how these options align with religious beliefs or teachings.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703932-8
    ISSN 1525-3252 ; 0899-8280
    ISSN (online) 1525-3252
    ISSN 0899-8280
    DOI 10.1080/08998280.2024.2308475
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  2. Article ; Online: Ethical Issues in Donation following Circulatory Death: A Scoping Review Examining Changes over Time from 1993 to 2022.

    da Graca, Briget / Borries, Trevor / Polk, Heather / Ramakrishnan, Sudha / Testa, Giuliano / Wall, Anji

    AJOB empirical bioethics

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 4, Page(s) 237–277

    Abstract: Background: ...

    Abstract Background:
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Tissue Donors ; Tissue and Organ Procurement ; Heart Transplantation ; Perfusion
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2763190-4
    ISSN 2329-4523 ; 2329-4515
    ISSN (online) 2329-4523
    ISSN 2329-4515
    DOI 10.1080/23294515.2023.2224590
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  3. Article ; Online: How Surgical Research Gave Birth to a New Clinical Surgical Field: A Viewpoint from the Dallas Uterus Transplant Study.

    Johannesson, Liza / Testa, Giuliano / da Graca, Briget / Wall, Anji

    European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes

    2023  Volume 64, Issue 2, Page(s) 158–168

    Abstract: Background: Uterus transplantation (UTx) has come of age in the 21st century, building on the 20th century developments in vascular anastomosis and effective immunosuppressive protocols that have enabled solid organ transplantation to become the life- ... ...

    Abstract Background: Uterus transplantation (UTx) has come of age in the 21st century, building on the 20th century developments in vascular anastomosis and effective immunosuppressive protocols that have enabled solid organ transplantation to become the life-extending and life-improving treatment option we know today. However, UTx has the goal of enabling reproduction, meaning that research has focused on establishment of pregnancy and healthy live birth in addition to surgical technique and immunosuppression.
    Summary: The Dallas Uterus Transplant Study (DUETS), established at Baylor University Medical Center in 2015, is one of four UTx programs in the USA, and it holds the distinction of being home not only to the first US live birth but also the highest volume UTx program worldwide, with 23 uterus transplants performed to date, resulting in 15 live births. Innovations pioneered at our center span all aspects of the UTx process, all seeking to improve success for recipients in terms of achieving pregnancy and live birth, while also minimizing the burden on donors and recipients. They have included the following: (1) a deceased donor hysterectomy approach that allows the uterus to be procured prior to cross clamp; (2) proof of concept with use of only superior uterine veins after procuring both the superior and inferior uterine veins during the donor surgery, enabling the choice of the best option in terms of size and location for outflow, while also preserving ovary viability in living donors; (3) contribution to robot-assisted technique/minimally invasive technique with vaginal extraction of the uterus graft for living donor surgeries, shortening donor recovery times; (4) developing a robot-assisted technique for graft hysterectomies, improving recovery times for recipients at the end of their UTx journey; (5) refining immunosuppression protocols to enable embryo transfer as early as 3 months after induction therapy, increasing recipients' chances for achieving up to two live births during the 5 years posttransplant the UTx protocol specifies; and (6) building on our clinical trial experience to now offer UTx in the U.S. outside the setting of a clinical study.
    Key messages: Our center along with others throughout the world has demonstrated that UTx can be reproducible, result in live births from both living and deceased donors, and be safely introduced as a clinical option. Due to the complexity of UTx as well as the need for long-term multidisciplinary care, centers implementing UTx should have an established abdominal transplant program, a gynecologic surgery program, high-risk obstetric and neonatal care, and institutional support and oversight, and should partner with established UTx programs for protocol development and operative proctoring.
    MeSH term(s) Pregnancy ; Infant, Newborn ; Female ; Humans ; Infertility, Female/surgery ; Uterus/transplantation ; Living Donors ; Live Birth
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-09
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 205700-1
    ISSN 1421-9921 ; 0014-312X
    ISSN (online) 1421-9921
    ISSN 0014-312X
    DOI 10.1159/000528989
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  4. Article ; Online: The Ethical Evolution of Uterus Transplantation From Concept to Clinical Procedure.

    da Graca, Briget / Johannesson, Liza / Testa, Giuliano / Wall, Anji E

    Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

    2022  Volume 65, Issue 1, Page(s) 24–36

    Abstract: Uterus transplantation (UTx) offers women with absolute uterine factor infertility a path to motherhood that enables them to carry their own pregnancy. Debates about the ethics of UTx have evolved in tandem with its clinical evolution: clinical trials ... ...

    Abstract Uterus transplantation (UTx) offers women with absolute uterine factor infertility a path to motherhood that enables them to carry their own pregnancy. Debates about the ethics of UTx have evolved in tandem with its clinical evolution: clinical trials have provided evidence regarding risks and benefits to donors and recipients that were initially uncertain; technical advances have altered the balance between risks and benefits; and the experiences of donors and recipients has revealed questions that were not anticipated. As UTx transitions to a clinical procedure, questions remain about long-term risks and benefits, applications beyond carrying a pregnancy, and cost and access.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Infertility, Female/surgery ; Pregnancy ; Tissue Donors ; Uterus/transplantation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 391207-3
    ISSN 1532-5520 ; 0009-9201
    ISSN (online) 1532-5520
    ISSN 0009-9201
    DOI 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000687
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  5. Article ; Online: Use of Telehealth Early and Late in the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Policy Implications for Improving Health Equity.

    Sanchez, Katherine / Kitzman, Heather / Khan, Mahbuba / da Graca, Briget / Zsohar, Jeffrey / McStay, Frank

    Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

    2023  Volume 36, Issue 5, Page(s) 746–754

    Abstract: Introduction: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care adopted telehealth rapidly to preserve access. Although policy flexibilities persist, but with in-person access restored, insight regarding long-term policy reform is needed for equitable access, ...

    Abstract Introduction: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care adopted telehealth rapidly to preserve access. Although policy flexibilities persist, but with in-person access restored, insight regarding long-term policy reform is needed for equitable access, especially for underserved, low income, and rural populations.
    Methods: We used electronic health record data to compare primary care telehealth use in practices serving primarily commercially insured patients versus clinics serving low-income uninsured patients, in March-June 2020 ("early COVID") and March-June 2022 ("late COVID").
    Results: Primary care visit mode differed significantly (
    Conclusions: Findings demonstrate the importance of both phone and video visits in preserving primary care access early in the pandemic. Telehealth use declined in late COVID, but still accounted for ∼20% of primary care visits in the commercially insured setting and less than 10% of visits in the community care clinics. Differences in telehealth use were largely by setting, reflecting income/insurance status, indicating disparities needing to be addressed.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2239939-2
    ISSN 1558-7118 ; 1557-2625
    ISSN (online) 1558-7118
    ISSN 1557-2625
    DOI 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230080R1
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  6. Article ; Online: Keep Your Move in the Tube® Method and Self-Confidence After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

    Brown, Katelyn D / van Zyl, Johanna S / da Graca, Briget / Adams, Jenny / Meyer, Dan M

    Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention

    2021  Volume 41, Issue 6, Page(s) 438–440

    MeSH term(s) Coronary Artery Bypass ; Humans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2272063-7
    ISSN 1932-751X ; 1932-7501
    ISSN (online) 1932-751X
    ISSN 1932-7501
    DOI 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000648
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  7. Article ; Online: A cost comparison of liver acquisition fees for donation after circulatory death versus donation after brain death donors.

    Wall, Anji E / Da Graca, Briget / Asrani, Sumeet K / Ruiz, Richard / Fernandez, Hoylan / Gupta, Amar / Martinez, Eric / Bayer, Johanna / McKenna, Gregory / He Lee, Seung / Trotter, James F / Testa, Giuliano

    Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

    2024  

    Abstract: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors now represent over 30% of the deceased donor pool in the United States. Compared to donation after brain death, DCD is less likely to result in transplantation. For each potential donor whose organs cannot be ...

    Abstract Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors now represent over 30% of the deceased donor pool in the United States. Compared to donation after brain death, DCD is less likely to result in transplantation. For each potential donor whose organs cannot be utilized for transplantation (ie, dry run), fees are associated with the attempted donation, which add to the overall costs of organ acquisition. To better characterize the true costs of DCD liver acquisition, we performed a cost comparison of the fees associated with organ acquisition for DCD versus donation after brain death at a single transplant institute that comprises 2 liver transplant centers. Cost, recipient, and transportation data for all cases, including fees associated with liver acquisition from July 1, 2019, to October 31, 2021, were collected. We found that the total cost of DCD liver acquisition per liver transplant was $15,029 more than that for donation after brain death donation, with 18% of the costs of the DCD transplant attributed to dry runs. Overall, the costs associated with DCD transplantation accounted for 34.5% of the total organ acquisition costs; however, DCD transplantation accounted for 30.3% of the transplantation volume. Because the expansion of DCD is essential to increasing the availability of liver grafts for transplantation, strategies need to be implemented to decrease the costs associated with dry runs, including using local recovery, transferring donors to hospitals close to transplant centers, and performing more prerecovery organ analysis. Moreover, these strategies are needed to ensure that financial disincentives to DCD procurement and utilization do not reverse the gains made by expanding the organ donor pool using machine perfusion technologies.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2006866-9
    ISSN 1527-6473 ; 1527-6465
    ISSN (online) 1527-6473
    ISSN 1527-6465
    DOI 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000328
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  8. Article ; Online: Psychosocial Outcomes in Nondirected Uterus Donors 1 Y After Donation.

    Warren, Ann Marie / da Graca, Briget / Wall, Anji / Powers, Mark B / Saracino, Giovanna / Testa, Giuliano / Johannesson, Liza

    Transplantation

    2023  Volume 107, Issue 12, Page(s) e355–e362

    Abstract: Background: As uterus transplantation transitions to a clinical procedure for women with absolute uterine-factor infertility, transplant centers performing uterus transplantation need information about the experience of living donors. This study ... ...

    Abstract Background: As uterus transplantation transitions to a clinical procedure for women with absolute uterine-factor infertility, transplant centers performing uterus transplantation need information about the experience of living donors. This study examined the psychosocial impact on 17 nondirected uterus donors in the Dallas UtErus Transplant Study 1 y following donation.
    Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted to measure psychosocial outcomes of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, quality of life, and resilience [measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale or Patient Health Questionnaire 9-Item, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the DSM-5, health-related quality of life Short Form-36, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10-Item, respectively) assessed at baseline, at 6-mo and 1-y follow-up. Differences among baseline, 6-mo, and 1-y postdonation were analyzed.
    Results: The median age was 38.0 y, 16 were married, 15 were of non-Hispanic/Latino ethnicity. Most donors did not report psychosocial distress; however, 1 donor reported decline on the role limitations because of Emotional Problems Scale and also showed an increase in depression symptoms at the 6 mo, but at 1 y was below the clinical cutoff for depression. A second donor showed modest decline in emotional well-being. Improvements were seen in other donors on the Physical Functioning Scale and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
    Conclusions: Although most nondirected donors appeared to remain stable, both positive and negative changes were observed over the first year. Larger studies are needed to determine psychosocial risks and benefit and what additional resources might be needed to ensure optimal psychosocial outcomes.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Adult ; Quality of Life ; Prospective Studies ; Longitudinal Studies ; Uterus/transplantation ; Living Donors/psychology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208424-7
    ISSN 1534-6080 ; 0041-1337
    ISSN (online) 1534-6080
    ISSN 0041-1337
    DOI 10.1097/TP.0000000000004799
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  9. Article ; Online: Uterus transplantation: ethical considerations.

    da Graca, Briget / Johannesson, Liza / Testa, Giuliano / Wall, Anji

    Current opinion in organ transplantation

    2021  Volume 26, Issue 6, Page(s) 664–668

    Abstract: Purpose of review: Uterus transplantation (Utx) offers women with absolute uterine factor infertility the opportunity to carry their own pregnancies. As Utx transitions from an experimental to standard clinical procedure, we review the status of the ... ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: Uterus transplantation (Utx) offers women with absolute uterine factor infertility the opportunity to carry their own pregnancies. As Utx transitions from an experimental to standard clinical procedure, we review the status of the ethical issues applicable to the stakeholders involved.
    Recent findings: With more than 65 Utx procedures reported to date, evidence is accruing that enables the chance of success - a live birth - for the recipient to be weighed against the risks the recipient incurs through the Utx process, as well as risks to living donors undergoing surgery, to children exposed in utero to immunosuppressants and the uterine graft environment, and to third parties related to uterus procurement from multiorgan deceased donors. Experience has also informed aspects of recipient and donor autonomy that must be safeguarded.
    Summary: Clinical trial results provides a basis for weighing the interests of the stakeholders implicated in Utx, and so can inform transplant centers' and regulatory bodies' development of policies and protocols that will determine access to Utx and allocation of organs, together with other considerations of justice. Additional evidence, particularly on long-term outcomes, is needed, and new questions can be expected to arise as access to and indications for Utx broaden.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Female ; Humans ; Infertility, Female/surgery ; Living Donors ; Organ Transplantation/adverse effects ; Pregnancy ; Uterus/transplantation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1390429-2
    ISSN 1531-7013 ; 1087-2418
    ISSN (online) 1531-7013
    ISSN 1087-2418
    DOI 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000932
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  10. Article ; Online: Associations of Mental Health and Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic with United States Adults' Intentions to Be Vaccinated.

    da Graca, Briget / Bennett, Monica M / Gottlieb, Robert L / Douglas, Megan E / Powers, Mark B / Warren, Ann Marie

    Population health management

    2023  Volume 26, Issue 5, Page(s) 317–324

    Abstract: COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the United States has proved challenging. A deeper characterization extending beyond demographics and political ideologies of those hesitating or resisting is needed to guide ongoing conversations. This study examined ... ...

    Abstract COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the United States has proved challenging. A deeper characterization extending beyond demographics and political ideologies of those hesitating or resisting is needed to guide ongoing conversations. This study examined associations between US adults' vaccination intentions and mental health history, experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, and mental health outcomes. An online population-based cross-sectional survey was administered nationwide during January 4-7, 2021. Participants were questioned about past and current mental health, and completed the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 (PHQ-8), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7), and Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)-5 (to capture symptoms of depression, anxiety, and traumatic stress, respectively). Experience of the pandemic included cumulative county-level COVID case and death rates, self-reported COVID-19 testing/exposure/diagnosis, and self-reported impact on routines, resources, and relationships. Of 936 respondents, 66% intended to be vaccinated, 14.7% responded "maybe," and 19.6% "no." Past diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder, less impact on routines or social supports, not having been screened or tested for COVID-19, not knowing someone who tested positive, and not self-isolating were associated with less intention to vaccinate. After controlling for demographic and pandemic experience factors, symptoms of traumatic stress, but not other mental health outcomes, were associated with less intention to vaccinate. The apparent contradiction between less negative impact of the pandemic and symptoms of traumatic stress being associated with less intention to be vaccinated indicates the complex nature of barriers to vaccine uptake. Results from this study contribute to the evidence base needed to improve ongoing and future communications about, and strategies to increase uptake of, vaccination.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; United States/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Mental Health ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; Intention ; Pandemics ; COVID-19 Testing ; Cross-Sectional Studies
    Chemical Substances COVID-19 Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2454546-6
    ISSN 1942-7905 ; 1942-7891
    ISSN (online) 1942-7905
    ISSN 1942-7891
    DOI 10.1089/pop.2023.0136
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