Science can not say yet, that this has occurred, although there are several doctors, such as the surgeon Mats Brännström, which together with a team of surgeons from the Gothenburg University in Sweden, They have performed the uterus transplant to nine women who believe that it is feasible, in fact, although it remains anonymous, it is known that it is being attempted.
It is not the first time that this type of transplant is performed, nor is it the first time that a pregnancy is attempted in this type of patients, but if it is successful, and of that the Dr. Brännström you are sure, you will have the answer to the question of whether It is possible to be a mother after a uterus transplant.
According to him Dr. Brännström, doctors have been trying to get a transplanted woman to have a baby since 1978, even before the in vitro fertilization technique was developed. However, until the year 2000 it was not possible for one of these women to become pregnant and to date none of the pregnancies produced have come to an end, the most famous recent case being that of the Turkish woman Derya Sert who lost her baby after eight weeks of gestation.
But Dr. Brännström was willing to keep trying and Last November he performed the transplant of the uterus to nine patients. On five occasions the uterus donors were the patients' own mothers. In these cases, being sure that the transplanted uterus has been able to carry a pregnancy to term (as is clear), this is expected to help in the process.
Fertilization of patients will occur through embryo implantation In vitro, the uterus has been transplanted but it has not been possible to connect it to the fallopian tubes.
As the Doctor has refused to give more information about the pregnancy or pregnancies that have occurred until at least one of them reaches term the only thing we can think of is that it is possible that there are one or more transplanted women who are in your first trimester of pregnancy and hopefully for this fall we can have good news.
A method not without controversy
There are dissenting voices within the medical community that do not share this type of intervention because they do not correspond to the main idea about what a transplant is and its purpose. As is the case with the doctor Rafael Matesanz, director of the National Transplant Organization (ONT).
"Transplants are made to save lives or significantly improve the quality of life of any patient. This uses a significant amount of resources that are taken for good, even in times of deep economic crisis. In this case, I would lack arguments to justify it, given the risks (perhaps not very large but real) that it entails and the necessary use of public resources to carry it out. " Affirms Dr. Matesanz
This idea is not shared by the Dr. Brännström then consider one highly proven experimental technique and that, for example, the entire operation was financed by private means. "Once we know what works we can talk and discuss who pays the bills," said the Doctor.
Why not use wombs of living patients?
Another controversy is that the last transplants come from living donors. That is, for some women to have children, others will have to lose that ability. He Dr. Brännström states that a uterus from a living donor is better Well, in this way you can study previously if the organ has any disease, virus or any problem that prevents it from being donated. However, he hopes that the technique can be advanced so that in the future the use of a uterus from a non-living donor will be just as good.
I personally place myself in the corner of the Swedish doctor. The possibility of return the ability to have children to a woman or to allow those who were born without her to have them should be considered as something very important, just like any other type of organ transplant such as the heart or corneas, it does not make much sense that we are putting obstacles to abortion, which We are concerned about the birth rate and that we do not consider this option as viable.
Hopefully, this time at least one of the transplanted women will be able to have her own baby in her arms using this technique and that in a few years having been born without a uterus or having lost it due to illness is only a small inconvenience on the way to maternity.
What do you think about this type of transplant? Do you think they are necessary or it makes no sense to make such a large expense.
