In 2015, Mats Brännström and colleagues published “Livebirth after Uterus Transplantation” in the journal The Lancet. In “Livebirth after Uterus Transplantation,” Brännström and colleagues explain that they conducted one of the first uterus transplantations that resulted in a live birth, and they detail how they did so successfully. Uterus transplantations are a surgical procedure in which surgeons transplant a uterus from an eligible donor into a recipient with uterine infertility disorders, or UFIs, such as an absent or diseased uterus. Women with UFIs can neither conceive nor carry a pregnancy to term naturally, so uterus transplantations remain one of the only treatments available that offer them the possibility to become pregnant as of 2025. Prior to 2013, researchers worldwide had performed human uterus transplantations, but the procedures had not resulted in any reported live births. “Livebirth after Uterus Transplantation” shows that uterus transplantations can allow women with uterine infertility, which affects one in 500 women of reproductive age, the opportunity to experience pregnancy.
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