One day after Cleveland Clinic doctors hailed the first uterine transplant in the US a success last month, the prestigious medical center said the operation had, in fact, failed. At the time, the doctors didn't reveal the cause. Now, the transplant recipient, a 26-year-old Texan named Lindsey McFarland, has shared the details of her experience. The cause of the sudden complication that caused her to have her new uterus removed was, she said, a simple yeast infection. McFarland's tragedy — after much fanfare — raises the question about whether it's really worth continuing with the operation at all. Though the doctors in Cleveland have nine additional uterus transplants in the works as part of...
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