Now that we have discussed the need for this type of procedure let's examine the uterine transplant procedure itself. This is a picture of a uterus. Unlike a heart or kidney that have few major blood vessels you can see there are many tiny blood vessels feeding this organ and are significant to its success. In the uterine transplant procedure, every one has to be micro-surgically reattached. Added to that the uterus can only function outside of the body for a 12 hour period of time, as found in the January 15 Fox News Report.