A few months ago we reported the first baby born after a uterus transplant of a deceased woman. This took place in Brazil, in which a woman who was born without a uterus due to a congenital disease, could become a mother thanks to this transplant.
Now and For the first time in the United States, a baby was born from a transplanted uterus of a deceased woman, which was donated to a woman with uterine factor infertility as part of a clinical trial that opens the possibility that women without a uterus or with uterine malformations can become mothers.
Through a statement, Cleveland Clinic, responsible for this clinical study, announced the first birth in the United States of a baby after a uterus transplant of a deceased woman.
The mother is part of a study in which 10 women with uterine infertility are participating (UFI for its acronym in English), which are women who do not have a uterus or have been removed due to a health issue, and therefore cannot become pregnant.
The purpose of the study is to test whether it is possible for these women to become pregnant via IVF and can successfully carry a pregnancy to term, upon receiving a uterus transplant from deceased donors.
In Babies and more A woman gives birth after receiving a uterus transplant from her twin sister: first case in the worldAlthough this is the first case of success in this particular study, it is not the first baby born after a uterus transplant in the United States. It had previously been given the news of the first baby born from a transplanted uterus in the United States, but on that occasion, it was from a living donor, who volunteered for another study in Texas.
Unlike that and other uterus transplant programs, This Cleveland study only uses donor uterus that died recently. According to his statement, this eliminates the risk of harming a living donor, who would need abdominal surgery to have his uterus removed.
"The uterus transplant is a complex procedure that requires suppressing the response of your immune system. Through this investigation, we seek to make this extraordinary events something ordinary for women who choose this option. We are grateful to the donor. Your generosity allowed our patient fulfill her dream and a new baby born"says transplant surgeon Andreas Tzakis.
Since the study began, the team has managed to complete five uterus transplants of deceased women, of which three have been successful, but this is the first in which a baby is born. So far, two more women are waiting to get pregnant and other candidates are still waiting for donors to have the transplant.
