Doctors Perform The First Uterus Transplant In The Us

The first uterus transplant in the U.S. was a success after nine hours of tedious surgery.

The Cleveland Clinic performed the surgery on a 26-year-old who had volunteered for a clinical trial when potential candidates were screened at the end of last year. The uterus was from a deceased organ donor.

A successful transplant like this one could help the nearly five percent of women around the world who have Uterine Factor Infertility, or a misshapen uterus. For other women who have birth defects or are born without a uterus, undergoing this type of surgery could the be their only option for physically carrying a child.

That was the case for a woman in 2014 who was the first to give birth to a child after a uterus transplant in Sweden.

However, the body easily rejects the womb, so typically after the woman carries a child, the uterus does need to be removed.
The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio that is owned and operated by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit corporation established in 1921.[1] In addition to their flagship hospital in Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic also operates affiliated facilities in Florida, Nevada, Canada, and Abu Dhabi.
The Cleveland Clinic is still screening more uterus transplant candidates and will likely perform another surgery like this in the near future.