In a sad development for the patient, the medical team at the Cleveland Clinic and prospective parents, comes news the first uterine transplant performed in the US has failed. The complex, eight-hour surgery took place on February 24 and the patient — Janice, 26 — was initially in stable condition. She was healthy enough just a few days later to briefly appear at the hospital’s press conference to announce the groundbreaking surgery. The failure occurred the next day although a biopsy performed earlier had shown no signs of rejection.
The Cleveland Clinic stated a “sudden and serious complication” developed and the transplanted uterus had to be removed for the patient’s health. While doctors are not yet stating what led to the transplant failure, pathologists are analyzing the uterus to determine what went wrong.
