Cleveland hospital to discuss 1st uterus transplant in U.S.
CLEVELAND CLINIC CENTER VIA AP
In this Feb. 24, 2016 photo provided by Cleveland Clinic Center, a team of Cleveland Clinic transplant surgeons and gynecological surgeons perform the nation’s first uterus transplant during a nine-hour surgery. In a statement Thursday, the Cleveland Clinic said the surgery was performed on a 26-year-old woman, using a uterus from a deceased donor.
CLEVELAND » Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic are set Monday to discuss details about the first uterus transplant performed in the U.S.
Clinic doctors performed the surgery late last month in Cleveland on a 26-year-old woman who did not have a uterus. The hospital has provided few details, but says the donor uterus came from a woman who had died.
The hospital announced last fall that it would attempt 10 transplants as part of a clinical trial.
Other countries have tried womb transplants. Sweden reported the first successful birth in 2014, with five healthy babies so far. Doctors there say the still-experimental treatment might be an alternative for some of the thousands of women unable to have children because they were born without a uterus or lost it to disease.
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Very interestingly! Wonder how much did the early Frankenstein movies impacted the transplant industry?
Aren’t there enough kids that need to be adopted did? Do people really need to go to this extreme.??
although i see your point… alot of people would like to pass on their genes as well, also adoption is incredibly epensinve unfortunately.
think Angelina & Brad adopted a fair share of children… as did Sandra Bullock, Madonna etc.
wow! that is amazing!!