Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States, conducted a uterus transplant on a 26 year old. With the operation, women with disabilities in the body or they had to remove you may become pregnant at least once in life.
The surgery lasted about nine hours and donated womb came from a deceased woman (procedures performed in Sweden involved still living donor). The implanted organ was connected to the vagina and attached to the uterine vessels. After one or two pregnancies, we need to remove it - if he stayed there, the woman would need to take medication their entire lives to prevent organ rejection.
But the whole process starts months before. The eggs must first be surgically removed, fertilized with male sperm and frozen. And just come back on the scene a year after the transplant.
It is the time required for the body to adapt to the new organ, with the help of anti-rejection drugs, and complete the healing process. After this period, the embryo may be inseminated - fertilization occurs outside the body in vitro.
The team led by Dr Andreas G. Tzakis traveled to Sweden, where surgeons at the University of Gothenburg had performed nine temporary transplant uterus. Among them, four patients had healthy children, even if they were born premature. The other five women were unable to finish the pregnancy.
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