First womb transplant in UK successful, know in detail how woman born without uterus will be mother

British doctors have successfully transplanted a womb and the recipient, a 36-year-old woman is having periods for the first time in her life. She is preparing to get her own embryo implanted in this womb. The embryos have been developed from her own eggs.

Womb transplant successful

The woman was born without a uterus. Her 40-year-old sister, a mother of two, came out to help her and donated her uterus. Talking about the successful surgery, Professor Richard Smith, one of two lead surgeons, who had carried out the operation, said that it had been a massive success. He shared the joy of the operation and said that they were in tears.

Womb transplant at Churchill Hospital

The operation was carried out in February at Oxford's Churchill Hospital by a team of more than 30 medical staff. The operation to remove the womb from the donor’s body lasted for eight hours, while another team of doctors took more than nine hours to put the womb in the body of the recipient.

Womb transplant: ‘Remarkable achievement’

It costs about GBP 25,000, excluding the fees of the medical staff involved in the surgery. Dr. Raj Mathur, Chairman of British Fertility Society called it ‘a remarkable achievement’. He said that it was the dawn of a new age, a new era in the treatment of these patients. He said that prior to this surgery doctors had not been successful in treating the patients who had no uterus.

Isabel Quiroga, consultant surgeon at the Oxford Transplant Centre said that she and her fellow doctors planned such an operation before the pandemic.

30 Womb transplant surgeries planned

Doctors in the U.K. have planned 30 transplants in a year and focus on the living donation of a uterus from a relative of the patient. Quiroga has said that many women have contacted charities and expressed the desire to help other women. Some said that they had children and they want to help others while others said that they didn't want to have children and would love others to have kids.

Earlier Womb transplants

Some other countries, including the U.S.A. and Sweden, have carried out such an operation earlier. Another womb operation in Britain is planned in autumn this year.

FAQs:

Q1. Where has the uterus transplant surgery taken place in the UK?
A1. British doctors at Oxford's Churchill Hospital have successfully transplanted a uterus taken from a donor into the body of the recipient.

Q2. What is the significance of the womb transplant surgery?
A2. The bomb transplant surgery will be helpful to those women who have no womb. It may help those who were born without a uterus or have removed the uterus for medical reasons.