British women are preparing to give birth after a uterus transplant
In the UK, doctors decided to carry out the first uterus transplants for women. The success of the procedure in Sweden led them to such a step.
The UK health authorities (Health Research Authority) have approved the first clinical trials for uterus transplantation, which will begin in the spring. This is reported by the BBC (Womb transplants given UK go-ahead). Some women – one in 7000 – are born without this organ, others lose it as a result of cancer. If the experiment goes well, the first British baby born after a uterus transplant may be born in early 2018.
Participants of the experiment will be able to become 10 women under the age of 38 years inclusive, having a permanent sexual partner and without excess weight. Out of 300 women who expressed a desire to participate in the project, 104 met all criteria.
It is planned that the uterus transplant operation will take about 6 hours. The donor organ will be taken from patients whose doctors state brain death – that is, their heart will still beat. In this, as British doctors say, their operations will be different from the Swedish ones, when living women became donors. Then, after a year of monitoring the woman's condition, she will undergo an artificial insemination procedure – IVF. During childbirth, doctors will perform a caesarean section on her.
After giving birth, a woman's uterus can be removed – this is necessary to save her from having to take immunosuppressants for life.
In October last year, a woman in Sweden gave birth to a baby for the first time in the world after a uterus transplant.
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02.10.2015