3rd International Congress of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation
It was our great pleasure to welcome delegates, both live and virtual, at the 3rd International Congress of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx), which was held on Friday October 8th 13:00-20:00 CET as a hybrid congress – in-person onsite in the University Women’s Hospital, Tubingen, Germany, and also online as a webinar.
ISUTx and TTS Members can now view meeting recordings!
Friday October 8, 2021, 1:00 PM
(Local time in Tubingen, Germany) Local time (Corresponding local time at your current location)
On-site Location: Tuebingen University Women´s Hospital for around 15 external members PLUS Tuebingen local doctors / scientistOnline Webinar: open for all TTS and ISUTx members (AND OTHERS) Registration deadline 24 hours prior to the start of the Congress.
13:00 - 13:10 Welcome and Introduction
Sara Brucker
Welcome from the Congress President
Jiri Fronek
Welcome from the President of ISUTx
13:10 – 13:35 ISUTx registry - Prelimary Data Reporting
Mats Brännström
13:35 – 13:50 Centre Update – Present and Future
Sara Brucker
13:55 – 14:15 Lessions learned from the IRHCTT Registry
Palmina Petruzzo
14:20 – 15:00 Should we always decide to go first for dissection of deep uterine veins in living donors?
Niclas Kvarnström
The Swedish View
Giuliano Testa
The Dallas View
15:00 – 16:00 Managing Immune Risks
Tamam Bakchoul
HLA Mismatches: Maternal and Paternal Antigens
Karina Althaus
HLA Mismatches: Maternal and Paternal Antigens
Nils Heyne
Risk-adapted immunosuppressive strategies: balancing over- and underimmuosuppression
Paige M Porret
PRO: Uterus transplantation during COVID
Stefan Tullius
Contra: Uterus transplantation during COVID
16:15 – 16:45 Pro - Contra:
Should the minimal-invasive access for procurement and implantation be the new standard of care?
Pernilla Dahm-Kähler
Pro
Jiri Fronek
Contra
16:50 – 17:50 Lessons learnt?
Henrik Leonhardt
Comparison of different vascular imaging tools in screening of live donors:
Oliver Kagan
CMV reactivation during pregnancy -case report
Katharina Rall
CMV reactivation during pregnancy -case report
Giuliano Testa
Could we transplant in the constellation CMV+ donor / CMV-recipient?
Niclas Kvarnström
The live donors: long-term medical and psychological outcome
Stina Järvholm
The live donors: long-term medical and psychological outcome
17:55 – 18:50 Safe ways to increase organ availability
Jean Marc Ayoubi
Thoughts on inclusion criteria for live donors: the French requirements
Liza Johansson
Thoughts on inclusion criteria for live donors: for altruistic and non-altruistic donors in USA
Jiri Fronek
Thoughts on inclusion criteria for deceased donors: The European View
Elliott Richards
Thoughts on inclusion criteria for deceased donors: The American Perspective
18:55 - 19:35 New Horizons
Stefan Tullius
Uterus re-transplantation: Immunologically
Niclas Kvarnström
Uterus re-transplantation: Technically
Giuliano Testa
Commercial Uterus Transplantation: The Way Forward:
19:35 – 19:55 New Horizons
Round table: New Horizons in the uterine transplantation programs