Center Providing Uterus Transplants Reports More Live Births

Beginning in 2016, the Baylor University Medical Center research uterus transplant protocol allowed 20 uterus transplants in consenting women, after which transplantation was offered clinically.As of April at the single center, 33 women with a viable transplanted uterus underwent embryo transfer, resulting in 47 pregnancies among 31 women.Maternal complications occurred in 8 of 27 women, and obstetric complications occurred in 14 of 31 live birth pregnancies. A single-center study continued to show the feasibility of live birth after uterus transplantation among women with absolute uterine infertility. As of April at the Texas medical center pioneering the procedure, 33 women with a viable transplanted uterus underwent embryo transfer, resulting in 47 pregnancies among 31 women, reported Liza Johannesson, MD, PhD, of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and colleagues in a research letter in JAMA. Ultimately, there were 31 live births among 27 women (23 women delivered one child, and four women delivered two children), and there were four pregnancies ongoing. "These data support the feasibility of uterus transplant in specialized, multidisciplinary centers capable of integrating transplant surgery, reproductive medicine, and maternal-fetal care," the authors wrote. Johannesson told MedPage Today that "this study is important because uterus transplantation is rapidly moving