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Delivery is by caesarean section and the mother and child are "in perfect health", according to a statement from Eugin, a group of assisted reproduction reference centers at the Spanish and international level whose Stockhol Clinic is part IVF, whose director is the Swedish gynecologist Mats Brännström, who led the international medical team that intervened in this case.
The operation had as protagonists twin sisters of Serbian origin living in Italy and one of them, the recipient, was born without a uterus because of a congenital malformation.
The transplant was performed in March 2017 at the University Hospital of Belgrade; Subsequently, the recipient underwent successful in vitro fertilization treatment and during pregnancy was assisted by Dr. Luca Gianaroli in Bologna.
This is a pioneering transplant also in terms of treatment, as it was first achieved without immunosuppressive drug due to the perfect genetic compatibility between donor and recipient, according to the note. .
Brännström is the author of the world's first uterine transplant, which took place in Sweden in 2014 and since then has successfully completed another eight.
Worldwide, 40 uterine transplant attempts have been made to date, which has led to eleven live births.
Source: EFE
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