A Medical First: US Performs Its First Uterus Transplant

News Staff : Feb 29, 2016
The Cleveland Clinic

The 26-year-old patient—who is not being identified publicly—is in stable condition.

(Cleveland, OH)—A team of Cleveland Clinic transplant surgeons and gynecological surgeons performed the nation's first uterus transplant during a nine-hour surgery Wednesday, Feb. 24.

The 26-year-old patient—who is not being identified publicly—is in stable condition. The transplanted uterus came from a deceased organ donor…

Cleveland Clinic began screening candidates for uterus transplants late last year, as part of a clinical trial approved by Cleveland Clinic's Institutional Review Board, which reviews and monitors all human-related research projects.

The research team—comprised of transplant specialists, obstetricians and gynecologists, bioethicists, psychiatrists, nurses and social workers—continues to screen transplant candidates with Uterine Factor Infertility (UFI), an irreversible condition effecting 3 percent to 5 percent of women worldwide.