24 years
Is there any way to implant a womb inside a woman if by mistake a doctor removed it? I heard in Sweden they implanted one.
Oct 10, 2014
A 36-year-old woman indeed did receive a uterus (womb) transplant from a live donor in 2013 and gave birth to a healthy baby boy in September 2014 in Sweden.
Uterus transplantation is used to treat women who have either no uterus or a nonfunctional uterus. It has been attempted 11 times worldwide, but until now no live births have resulted from the procedure.
I need to make a remark that has to do with your question: a womb cannot be removed by mistake; removal of the womb (medical term: hysterectomy) has certain indications, including:
1- Menorrhagia (severe vaginal hemorrhage or bleeding) is the most frequent cause for hysterectomy in pre-menopausal women, usually in association with myomas and adenomyosis (muscular or mucosal benign growths in the uterus) constituting the leading pathologies of the uterus.
2- Pelvic pain: mainly caused by severe and intractable endometriosis (growth of the uterine lining outside the uterine cavity) and/or adenomyosis (a form of endometriosis, where the uterine lining has grown into and sometimes through the uterine wall musculature). This condition can usually be managed with analgesic drugs (e.g., NSAIDS or paracetamol) and other medications. A hysterectomy may be resorted to when more than one uterine disease condition is present.
3- Uterine prolapse is also a common indication for hysterectomy, as it cannot be managed in a conservative manner.
4-Malignancy and postpartum hemorrhage (to remove either a severe case of placenta praevia, where a placenta has either formed over or inside the birth canal, or placenta percreta, where a placenta has grown into and through the wall of the uterus to attach itself to other organs, as well as a last resort in case of excessive obstetrical hemorrhage during birth) are less frequent indications and account for only 10% of the total rate of hysterectomies.
Uterus transplantation is used to treat women who have either no uterus or a nonfunctional uterus. It has been attempted 11 times worldwide, but until now no live births have resulted from the procedure.
I need to make a remark that has to do with your question: a womb cannot be removed by mistake; removal of the womb (medical term: hysterectomy) has certain indications, including:
1- Menorrhagia (severe vaginal hemorrhage or bleeding) is the most frequent cause for hysterectomy in pre-menopausal women, usually in association with myomas and adenomyosis (muscular or mucosal benign growths in the uterus) constituting the leading pathologies of the uterus.
2- Pelvic pain: mainly caused by severe and intractable endometriosis (growth of the uterine lining outside the uterine cavity) and/or adenomyosis (a form of endometriosis, where the uterine lining has grown into and sometimes through the uterine wall musculature). This condition can usually be managed with analgesic drugs (e.g., NSAIDS or paracetamol) and other medications. A hysterectomy may be resorted to when more than one uterine disease condition is present.
3- Uterine prolapse is also a common indication for hysterectomy, as it cannot be managed in a conservative manner.
4-Malignancy and postpartum hemorrhage (to remove either a severe case of placenta praevia, where a placenta has either formed over or inside the birth canal, or placenta percreta, where a placenta has grown into and through the wall of the uterus to attach itself to other organs, as well as a last resort in case of excessive obstetrical hemorrhage during birth) are less frequent indications and account for only 10% of the total rate of hysterectomies.
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