According to reports by the Daily Mail and the Times on October 22, Richard Smith, an obstetrician at Hammersmith Hospital in West London, UK, announced at a reproductive medicine conference held in Atlanta, USA on the 21st that he plans to successfully perform the world's first uterine transplant surgery within two years, allowing infertile women without a uterus to also become pregnant and give birth. And within three years, the world will see the birth of the first baby conceived in a transplanted uterus! Some bold medical experts further pointed out that the recipients of uterine transplants are not just women but can also be men.
The entire process is divided into six steps
According to Smith, the uterine transplant surgery and the subsequent conception process are divided into six stages (illustrated): 1. Individuals who wish to donate their uterus volunteer for donation and undergo a six-month matching trial at an organ donation center beforehand.