Ελπίδες σε εκατομμύρια γυναίκες του πλανήτη χάρισε ο Κεφαλλονίτης καθηγητής Ανδρέας Τζάκης με τη πρώτη μεταμόσχευση μήτρα που χειρούργησε, στις ΗΠΑ. Γυναίκες που δεν μπορούν να τεκνοποιήσουν αλλά και γυναίκες που μπορεί να προσβληθούν από τον καρκίνο στη μήτρα μπορούν να ελπίζουν πια σε μεταμόσχευση..
Dr. Andreas G. Tzakis Performs First Uterus Transplant in U.S.
The NY Times
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, the clinic announced Thursday.
The operation, which took nine hours, was performed Wednesday, using a uterus from a deceased organ donor.
The recipient, 26, is not being identified to protect her privacy. A statement from the clinic said that she was in stable condition Thursday afternoon.
The procedure’s purpose is to enable women born without a uterus, or who had theirs removed, to become pregnant and give birth. The patient will have to wait a year before trying to become pregnant, letting her heal and giving doctors time to adjust the doses of medication she needs to prevent organ rejection.
Then she will need in vitro fertilization to become pregnant. Before the transplant, the patient had eggs removed surgically, fertilized with her husband’s sperm and frozen. The embryos will be transferred into her uterus.
The transplant will be temporary: The uterus will be removed after the recipient has had one or two babies, so she can stop taking anti-rejection drugs.
The Cleveland hospital’s ethics panel has given it permission to perform the procedure 10 times, as an experiment. Officials will then decide whether to continue, and whether to offer the operation as a standard procedure. The clinic is still screening women who may be candidates for the operation.
