These successful pregnancies have occurred in transplanted uteri of animals, including mice and larger animals but, as of yet not in primates or humans. but this could change as of Sept 2012. Tissue can be impregnate to give a male or female wit desired features and qualities all from donated uterus. It is estimated around 15 per cent of women are infertile for various reasons. As women stop producing eggs around the age of 50 Their wombs can remain viable well past 60. So as the two women in their thirties received their mother's uterus so that they will need to wait for one year before undergoing IVF. This functioning transplanted uterus is removed so that the recipient can stop taking anti-rejection drugs to allow fetus normal development. As specialists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden said these two women, who are both in their thirties, received wombs from their mothers in surgical procedures on September 15 and 16, with no complications what so ever. At this university said one recipient had her uterus removed many years ago due to cervical cancer, while the other was born without a uterus. When the complete uterus is removed from the donor it is placed on ice while it is prepared for implantation. It may take between 20-40 minutes after the uterus has been placed in the recipient before new blood vessels begin to function. They now have to wait until after the birth of the newborn as the team leader Professor Mats Brannstrom said both women ‘are doing fine but are tired after surgery. The donating mothers are up and walking and will be discharged from the hospital within a few days. Turkish doctors last year said they performed the first successful uterus transplant, giving a womb from a deceased donor to a young woman. The success of these transplants could give hope of having children to thousands of women who were born without a uterus or lost it at a young age through cervical cancer. Prof Brannstrom said: Today, most types of infertility are treated with in vitro fertilization, hormonal stimulation, or sperm injection, and in Sweden, several thousand children are born annually with the assistance of these techniques. The lack of a uterus is one of the last types of infertility that we are unable to treat. Uterine transplantation has the potential to address this major clinical problem. Women go through the menopause around the age of 50 when their ovaries stop producing eggs. However, their womb remain viable. Britain's oldest mother, Patricia Rashbrook, gave birth to a son via a Cesarean at the age of 62 after using fertile donor eggs.
The Regional Ethics Committee in Gothenburg gave the green light to the procedure earlier this year. A total of ten uterus transplants will be carried out.However whether or not these two women, who have not been named, will be able to have children is not yet certain as Braennstroem explained that they would have to wait one year before undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) with their own frozen embryos. Nevertheless, the scientists at the University of Goteborg are hopeful they have a 'good chance' of their patients having children. The team from the University of Gothenburg performed the transplant operation on two consecutive days. The complex and groundbreaking surgery required the skills of more than 10 surgeons who had trained together since 1999 on performing such a procedure. The Procedure is preformed When the uterus is taken from the donor, an incision is made in the lower abdomen. The operation consists of removing the complete uterus from the surrounding tissue. After the uterus has been detached from the donor it is placed on a bed of ice and blood vessels to the uterus are flushed with preservation solution. From the time the organ has been lifted in to the receiver it takes between 20 and 40 minutes before the new blood vessels begin to function. When the blood circulation is working effectively the uterus is connected to the patent's vaginal top and fixed in the pelvis. With the above onto the next set of questions can anyone have children.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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