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In addition to the uterus, this section also deals with some parts connected to the uterus: the fallopian tubes and cervix. Depending on what kind of body they started out with, a person can have one or more kinds of these surgeries, if there is something they want or need to change about their uterus. | In addition to the uterus, this section also deals with some parts connected to the uterus: the fallopian tubes and cervix. Depending on what kind of body they started out with, a person can have one or more kinds of these surgeries, if there is something they want or need to change about their uterus. | ||
* '''Uterus transplant'''. A few people have been given a uterus by transplant. | * '''[[Uterus transplant]]'''. A few people have been given a uterus by transplant. Some of those people were afterward able to gestate and give birth to healthy babies. The uterus had to then be removed, because it needed dangerous medicine to keep the body from rejecting the organ. This operation isn't available to transgender people currently. | ||
* '''[[Hysterectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus, and sometimes other parts of the reproductive system, depending on the specific kind of hysterectomy. | * '''[[Hysterectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus, and sometimes other parts of the reproductive system, depending on the specific kind of hysterectomy. | ||
* '''Hysterectomy without oophorectomy'''. Surgery to take away the uterus (and perhaps other parts of the reproductive organs, but without removing the gonads (ovaries), so the patient's body can still make hormones. | * '''Hysterectomy without [[oophorectomy]]'''. Surgery to take away the uterus (and perhaps other parts of the reproductive organs, but without removing the gonads (ovaries), so the patient's body can still make hormones. | ||
* '''Hysterectomy with [[vaginectomy]]'''. See elsewhere on this page. | * '''Hysterectomy with [[vaginectomy]]'''. See elsewhere on this page. | ||
* '''[[Tubal ligation]]'''. A form of sterilization. For people with a uterus, this operation is meant to make it virtually impossible for them to get pregnant. For nonbinary people whose only concern about their uterus is that a risk of pregnancy gives them gender dysphoria, this is an alternative to removing the uterus. This operation has no effect on the menstrual flow, cycle, or hormone balance. | * '''[[Tubal ligation]]'''. A form of sterilization. For people with a uterus, this operation is meant to make it virtually impossible for them to get pregnant. For nonbinary people whose only concern about their uterus is that a risk of pregnancy gives them gender dysphoria, this is an alternative to removing the uterus. This operation has no effect on the menstrual flow, cycle, or hormone balance. | ||