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BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Assisted Reproductive Technology
The ovary unlike kidney, liver, or heart is not a vital organ required for life sustenance and therefore not lifesaving in true sense of words, but definitely improves the quality of life and is life producing for the recipient. Sturgis and Castellanos in 1958 demonstrated the survival of human ovarian homograft in millipore chamber of six patients of Turner syndrome. Desaire transplanted the ovary in spleen in the patient having generalized cancer and were castrated. Holmer transplanted the ovarian tissue in gonadal agenetic patients. None of these attempts in human were successful. Theoretically, there are many indications for ovarian transplant; however, ethical considerations are more important in the decision-making. This chapter covers history of ovarian transplant, animal experiments, human experiments, indications for ovarian transplant, problems associated with ovarian transplant, ovarian vasculature, site of ovarian transplantation, etc.