CLEVELAND — Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the nation's first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy.
In a statement Thursday, the Cleveland Clinic said the nine-hour surgery was performed a day earlier on a 26-year-old woman, using a uterus from a deceased donor.
The hospital had long been planning for such a surgery, announcing last
fall a clinical trial that would attempt 10 transplants. The hospital
said it wouldn't release any more details until a press conference next
week, except to say the woman's condition was stable.
Other countries have tried womb transplants —
