The first baby is born thanks to a transplant of the uterus carried out by a robot

April 9, 2019

The woman underwent this transplant in 2017 and it was the first time that a robot realized it completely. Two years later, the woman was able to give birth thanks to this intervention.

After two years of uterine transplantation to which this woman submitted, this is again a new thanks to her little son born a few days ago. The baby became the first to be born after this surgery carried out completely by a robot.

The woman, whose identity has been kept secret, gave birth to a child weighing nearly three kilos and born after a scheduled cesarean. In 2017, she had undergone a uterine transplant which, for the first time, was performed by a robot. This procedure involves surgically removing a woman's uterus and implanting it in another woman who can not have a baby naturally.

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The woman received the uterus of a transplant donor in her body in the University Hospital Sahlgrenska, Sweden, in October 2017. Ten months later, she underwent fertility treatment with a pre-transplant embryo that changed her life.

Professor Mats Brännström, responsible for the procedure, said: "This is an extremely important step in the development of surgery related to uterine transplantation and its safety", and added: "For the first time, we demonstrate that badisted surgical technique by the least invasive robot is practicable. "

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