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Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic during the uterus transplant operation on Wednesday. The procedure has been successfully performed in Sweden, but never before in the United States.
In a statement, the Cleveland Clinic announced that America's first uterus transplant had been performed on a 26-year-old woman, using a uterus from a deceased donor.
Read: Woman with womb transplant has healthy baby
The hospital had long been planning for such a surgery, announcing last autumn that it would attempt 10 such transplants in a clinical trial. The hospital said it wouldn't release any more details about the transplant until a press conference next week.
Other countries have tried womb transplants and Sweden reported the first successful birth in 2014, with a total of five healthy babies so far.
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