The United States has followed the procedure first embarked on by Sweden of Uterus Transplant Surgery that could help women suffering from infertility.
The first woman out of the 10 enlisted for the trial procedure, is in a stable condition, according to Cleveland Clinic’s statement, after undergoing the surgery for 9 hours, on the 24th of February.
The transplanted uterus came from a deceased donor, and Sweden’s University of Gothenburg achieved its first birth via a transplanted uterus in September 2014, as the pioneer of the procedure.
The hospital said that Women potentially eligible to receive a uterine transplant include those who suffer from an irreversible condition known as Uterine Factor Infertility (UFI), which affects between three and five percent of women worldwide.
