The first successful live uterine transplant in the United States

Texas Hospital, USA for the first time successfully implanted the uterus from a living donor.

Four American women received uterine transplants from living donors at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, USA. This is the first time the US has performed a live uterine transplant, according to Times.

Four surgeries were performed between September 14-22 and there were three failures, forcing the doctor to remove the implanted hysterectomy after the new department did not receive enough blood. Only one woman did not have a transplant rejection response.

American doctor in uterine transplant.(Photo: Times).

"This is how we progress, learn from mistakes," said surgeon Giuliano Testa, who performed four shared transplants. "I'm not ashamed of being the first to perform four surgeries with three failed attempts. Thanks to the failure, I succeeded."

In these 4 transplant cases, all were non-uterine women due to Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome.

Doctors take the uterus and a vagina part from a living donor, then transplant it into the recipient's blood supply system. The implant is attached along the vagina and pelvis, but there is no need to connect the nerve.

In the latest surgery, if everything goes well, after about 6–12 months, a woman who has a graft is ready to become pregnant. Because the implant uterus does not connect to the ovary, she will have to perform in vitro fertilization. If conception is successful, she will have a caesarean section due to a very weak implant.

So far, Sweden is the only country in the world to perform successful uterine transplants, with 9 surgeries from living donors. All these cases then gave birth to children successfully. Swedish surgeons are also involved in transplants in the United States.