First baby born of a deceased uterine transplant

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At a world premiere, a Brazilian team transplanted the organ of a 45-year-old deceased woman to a 32-year-old woman, born without a belly due to a genetic disorder rare.

Birth is the first reported involving a deceased donor's uterine transplant. Ten previous attempts in the United States, the Czech Republic and Turkey to obtain a live birth using a uterus from a deceased donor had all failed.

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In September 2016, the recipient undergoing initiation underwent the uterine transplant at the Hospital das Clinicas de Sao Paulo.

Surgeons spent 10.5 hours plumbing the organ by connecting veins, arteries, ligaments and vaginal channels.

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After the controls showed that the uterus was behaving normally, the frozen eggs were transplanted seven months after the surgery, in April 2017, and a healthy little girl was born 35 weeks later, by caesarean section weighing 5lbs. 8oz.

The success of the surgery opens the possibility of transplanting uteri from donor patients in the same way as other organs of deceased patients, thus reducing the need for living donors.

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Dr. Dani Ejzenberg, of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo, who led the team, commented on this medical breakthrough: "The use of deceased donors could dramatically expand the life of the team. access to this treatment, and our findings provide a proof of concept for a new option for women with uterine infertility. "

"The first live donor uterine transplants have been an important medical step, opening up the possibility of delivery to many infertile women with access to appropriate donors and the necessary medical facilities. "

"However, the need for a living donor is a major limitation because donors are rare. It is usually voluntary or eligible family members, or close friends.

"The number of people willing and committed to donating organs at their own death is much greater than that of living donors, offering a much larger potential donor population."

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Before uterine transplants became a viable option, their only options for having a child were adoption or surrogacy.

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Hundreds of British women have already registered for a uterine transplant and doctors are now waiting for compatible donors and appropriate donors to be available.

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"Uterine transplantation from living donor organs and newly dying donors is a real option for some of the many British women who have no viable use.

"We hope to replicate this in the not too distant future. Watch this place. "

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