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Melissa Porter | 07 December, 2018, 23:57

A team of doctors in Brazil has announced the birth of the first healthy baby via a donor uterus from a dead person.

She was born in December 2017 but details of the case were only released yesterday in The Lancet Journal. Baylor has had two successful births from live donations; Cleveland Clinic is working toward deceased donations; and her own program will be performing both living and deceased donor transplants over the next year.

Experts say the case study shows that uterus transplants from dead donors are feasible and may open access for all women with uterine infertility, without the need for live donors. With live donors often in short supply, it's hoped this bold breakthrough from Brazil could offer hope to the 1 in 500 people who experience infertility problems from uterine anomalies.

Infertility, in general, affects about 15% of couples of reproductive age. But donors are hard to find and the surgical procedure to remove.

She received five immunosuppression drugs to prevent her body rejecting the new organ, as well as other treatments to combat infection and blood clotting. Immunosuppression therapy continued after she left the hospital until the time of her baby's birth.

The oldest child born via uterine transplant - a boy - had just had his fourth birthday. Ten days later, doctors delivered the good news: she was pregnant.

During the delivery, the transplanted womb was removed and showed no abnormalities.

The mother and baby were discharged from the hospital three days after birth. Those transplants can only be done for women who find a donor, who must undergo a complicated surgery and lengthy recovery, Dr. Tullius said.

An accompanying editorial in the Lancet said the procedure was in its early stages and "many questions are still unsolved" including optimal surgical techniques, drug regimen and best-suited patients.












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