On Aug. 9, 2011, doctors at the Akdeniz University Hospital
in Turkey transplanted the womb of a deceased woman into
Derya Sert, a 21-year-old woman who was born without a
uterus.
"The surgery was a success ... But we will be successful
when she has her baby," micro-surgeon Dr. Omer Ozkan,
who was part of the surgical team, said in statement.
According to her doctors, Sert has been menstruating
normally since the operation, and is on drugs to suppress
her immune system so that her body won't reject her new
organ. Doctors will need to implant embryos into Sert's new
womb in order for her have a child.
Scientists have previously shown that animals, such as
dogs and sheep, can become pregnant after being
transplanted with a new uterus, but such a feat in humans
remains to be seen. In 2000, doctors in Saudi Arabia tried to
transplant a uterus from a living donor to a woman, but the
womb had to be removed 99 days later, after the recipient
experienced heavy blood clotting.
Other women around the world are also hoping to get uterus
transplants for example, last year a British woman
pronounced that she would donate her uterus to her
daughter.
Wow
ReplyDelete