On February 17, the first French woman who benefited from a uterine transplant gave birth to her second little girl, named Maxine.
- Rokitansky syndrome affects one in 4,500 girls.
- In 2019, Déborah was the first patient to receive her mother’s uterus.
- On February 17, she gave birth to her second baby girl.
In March 2019, Déborah, 34, was the first patient to receive a uterus transplant in France. “The transplant was performed with the uterus of a living donor, who is none other than the patient’s mother”, explained the Foch Hospital team, which performed the surgery.
The diagnosis of Rokitansky syndrome is made in adolescence
The 30-year-old underwent this operation because she suffered from Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. According Necker Hospital, this disease, which is responsible for infertility, affects one in 4,500 girls. It is characterized by congenital aplasia of the vagina and uterus. Clearly, the development of the uterus and vagina of patients is incomplete.
In general, young patients suffering from this syndrome are in good health. For 85% of cases, the diagnosis of this pathology is made in adolescence, when the girl notices an absence of menstruation. “Sometimes the absence of periods has not caused concern and it is then when the young girl complains of difficult or even impossible sexual intercourse (10%)”, specify the hospital.
Womb transplant: she gave birth to a second baby girl
On February 12, 2021, Déborah gave birth to a baby girl weighing 1 kg 845 grams, after 33 weeks of pregnancy. “This birth took place in very good conditions without any notable complication”, indicates the Foch Hospital on his website. Two years after this delivery, she gave birth to a second baby, more precisely a little girl named Maxine, on February 17.
“This new birth occurred thanks to more than 15 years of research work carried out by the team of Professor Jean-Marc Ayoubi, head of the department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine at the Foch Hospital and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine Simone Veil – UVSQ – Paris-Saclay. The management of the Foch Hospital is pleased with this success and the smooth progress of this research work”, can we read under a photo published on the Foch Hospital Instagram account.
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