The first baby born from a uterine transplant between twins was born

The world's first baby born from a transplant between twins was born today at the Santa Orsola Hospital in Bologna (northern Italy), the sources of this medical center confirmed to Efe

Caesarean section and mother and child are "in perfect health" according to a statement from Eugin, a group of reference centers of assisted reproduction. Spanish and international scale including part of the Stockhol IVF clinic, whose director is the Swedish gynecologist Mats Brännström, who led the international medical team that intervened in this case.

The operation had as protagonists of the twin sisters of Serbian origin living in Italy and one of them, the recipient, was born without a uterus because of d & # 39; A congenital malformation.

The transplant was performed in March 2017 at the Belgrade Hospital, after the recipient underwent successful treatment of in vitro fertilization and during pregnancy was assisted by Dr. Luca Gianaroli in Bologna.

This is a pioneering transplant also in terms of treatment, since it is the first to be performed without immunosuppressive drugs thanks to perfect genetic compatibility between the donor and the recipient according to the note.

Brännström is the author of the first uterine transplant performed in the world, which took place in Sweden in the year 2014, and since then, has "successfully completed another eight".

Worldwide, 40 attempts at uterine transplantation have been made for the moment, which has led to eleven live births.