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Woman has babies after ovary transplant
Claus Yding Andersen of the University Hospital of Copenhagen said so far, nine children have been born worldwide as a result of transplanting frozen/thawed ovarian tissue -- all in Europe.
Stinne Holm Bergholdt was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma when she was 27 in 2004. Before she began chemotherapy, part of her right ovary was removed and frozen -- her left ovary had been removed some years before because of a dermoid cyst, a type of benign ovarian tumor. Her cancer treatment was successful but, as expected, the drugs caused a menopause.
In December 2005 six thin strips of ovarian tissue were transplanted back on to what remained of her right ovary. Her ovary began to function normally again and, after mild ovarian stimulation, she became pregnant and gave birth to her first daughter, Aviaja, in February 2007, and in 2008 she had conceived a second child naturally and gave birth to another girl in September 2008.
"This showed that the original transplanted ovarian strips had continued to work for more than four years and that Mrs. Bergholdt still has the capacity to conceive and give birth to healthy children," Andersen said in a statement.
The findings are published in the journal Human Reproduction.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 02/24/2010
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