Uterus transplants allow successful pregnancies in U.S. women-study

According to recent research, more than half of American women who underwent uterine transplantation went on to have healthy babies. According to data published on Wednesday in JAMA Surgery, 33 women in the United States had uterine transplants between 2016 and 2021, and thus far, 19 of them, or 58 percent, have given birth to a total of 21 children.

One year after the transplant, the uterus was still working in 74% of the patients. Researchers found that 83 percent of the women in this group gave birth to living children. At an average of 14 months following the donation, all of the kids were born through cesarean section. Over half were delivered after 36 weeks of pregnancy.

Two-thirds of uteri in the United States transplants were from living donors, of whom one in four had a surgical problem. To eliminate the requirement for lifelong immunosuppressive medication usage, the transplanted uterus is removed after the recipient delivers birth.

The uterine transplants carried out in the United States at the Baylor University Medical Center, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are a part of the more than 100 procedures completed to date across the world.

Source: Reuters