Surgeons perform the UK's first ever successful uterus transplant

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A team of eight surgeons has successfully performed the United Kingdom’s first-ever womb transplant.

The patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, was born without a functioning womb due to a rare congenital condition called the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome.

“We all have huge respect for these two women who have helped so many others in this country who face the trauma of absolute uterine factor infertility,” said Professor Richard Smith, Chairman of Womb Transplant UK charity.

Consultant transplant surgeon Isabel Quiroga said the patient was “absolutely over the moon, very happy and is hoping that she can go on to have not one but two babies”.

In May, the first woman in Spain to receive a uterus transplant gave birth at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona.

Last year, French doctors carried out their second-ever successful uterus transplant - which had also been donated by the patient’s sister.

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