The recipient was a 34-year-old woman, and the donor her 40-year-old sister, both of whom wish to remain anonymous.
Doctors say both recovered well from surgery and the younger sister plans to have IVF this autumn using embryos that she and her husband have in storage.
A team of around 20 carried out the procedures, lasting around 17 hours, in adjoining operating theatres at the Churchill hospital in February. BBC News
See also:
- First womb transplant performed in the UK Oxford University Hospitals
- Step-by-step, how pioneering medics performed Britain's first ever womb transplant in painstaking SEVENTEEN-hour op involving two sisters The Daily Mail
- How are womb transplants carried out? Is the pioneering op available on the NHS? And how many women may benefit? Everything you need to know after landmark UK-first surgery The Daily Mail
- First womb transplant takes place in UK after sister donates uterus The Independent
- UK’s first womb transplant paves way for dozens more The Independent
- UK's first womb transplant recipient 'looking forward' to having a baby ITV News
- UK's first-ever womb transplant hailed by doctors as 'dawn of new era' in fertility treatment Sky News
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