Report of the first live birth after uterus transplantation in People’s Republic of China

Operative and clinical outcomes of minimally invasive living-donor surgery on uterus transplantation: a literature review

“…2). Reports of living-donor uterus transplants from Saudi Arabia, 3 Sweden, 4,6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] China, 10,20 USA (Dallas), 8,[21][22][23][24] Czech Republic, 7,25,26 Germany, 27,28 and India 9,29 were identified, and 51 living-donor UTx were incorporated. The surgical information and clinical data for each case are shown in Table 1.…”

“…30 Considering this fact, the venous flow required by the gestational uterus is preserved even if only the UOV and OV are used as drainage veins. In addition, considering that there have already been reports of live births in UTx without using the UV as a drainage vein, 8,20 the use of the UOV and OV should be considered as an option for living-donor surgery. The second concern is the effect of vascular anastomosis.…”

A New Approach for Treatment of Woman With Absolute Uterine Factor Infertility: A Traditional Review of Safety and Efficacy Outcomes in the First 65 Recipients of Uterus Transplantation

“…China's first human uterus transplant was done in 2015; the recipient was a 22-year-old woman, and the donor was her mother of 43 years [19]. The procedure was done by robotic-assisted laparoscopic uterus retrieval from the mother [20]. The frozen embryo was successfully implanted in the patient's womb on June 13, 2018, after the fifth attempt.…”

“…A healthy baby boy (2,000 g) with APGAR scores of 10, 10, 10 was delivered. The uterus was kept for a possible second pregnancy [20]. Additionally, two transplantations were done in China using a living donor, but full details are unknown [21].…”

New developments and controversies in uterus transplantation

“…We have read, with great interest, ''Report of the first livebirth after uterus transplantation in China'' by Huang and colleagues (1), and congratulate the authors on their achievements.…”