Womb transplants will not be available in Ireland 'in the near future'

The operation was a first in Britain but the procedure has been performed several times before in other countries.“Sweden was the first place to have a successful series of womb transplants resulting in birth of healthy babies - that was back in 2014,” Dr Boylan said.

“Since then, there’s been about 100 transplants around the world and about 50 healthy babies reported from those. “So, it’s still relatively early and, obviously, if it’s the first one in the UK, then it’s very new surgery and technology and so on.”Dr Boylan described the surgery itself as “tricky” and required a large and experienced number of medical professionals.

“You have to dissect out blood vessels from the donor very delicately and then they have to be joined up to blood vessels in the recipient woman who is receiving the donated womb,” he said.You can listen back here:Share this article

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