美國首例子宮移植寶寶誕生

The first birth as a result of a womb transplant in the United States has occurred in Texas, a milestone for the U.S. but one achieved several years ago in Sweden.

近日，美國首個子宮移植寶寶在德克薩斯州誕生，這是美國一個重要的里程碑事件，該技術幾年前在瑞典已經實現。

A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

一名沒有子宮的女性在達拉斯市的貝勒大學醫學中心產下了這名寶寶。

Hospital spokesman Craig Civale confirmed that the birth had taken place, but said no other details are available. The hospital did not identify the woman, citing her privacy.

醫院發言人克雷格·奇瓦萊確認了此事，但表示其他細節不便透露。爲保護該女子的隱私，院方並未透露其姓名。

Baylor has had a study underway for several years to enroll up to 10 women for uterus transplants.

近幾年來，貝勒大學醫學中心一直在進行子宮移植的研究，有10名女性報名參加。

In October 2016, the hospital said four women had received transplants but that three of the wombs had to be removed because of poor blood flow.

2016年10月，該醫學中心稱，有4名女性接受了子宮移植，但是其中有3人由於血流不暢，不得不摘除子宮。

The hospital would give no further information on how many transplants have been performed since then.

自那時起，該醫學中心便再未透露有多少人接受了子宮移植。

But Time magazine, which first reported the U.S. baby's birth, says eight have been done in all, and that another woman is currently pregnant as a result.

不過，據第一個報道這名孩子出生的《時代週刊》稱，目前共有8名女性完成了移植，另有一名女性現在正處於懷孕期間。

A doctor in Sweden, Mats Brannstrom, is the first in the world to deliver a baby as a result of a uterus transplant. As of last year, he had delivered five babies from women with donated wombs.

瑞典的醫生馬特·布倫斯特倫接生了世界首例移植子宮產下的寶寶。去年，他又爲5名接受過子宮移植的女性接生。

There have been at least 16 uterus transplants worldwide, including one in Cleveland from a deceased donor that had to be removed because of complications.

目前全世界已經有至少16人接受過子宮移植手術，其中克利夫蘭的1例手術因併發症最終不得不切除由死者捐獻的子宮。

Last month, Penn Medicine in Philadelphia announced that it also would start offering womb transplants.

上個月，費城的賓夕法尼亞大學醫學院宣佈，他們也將爲患者提供子宮移植手術的服務。

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued a statement calling the Dallas birth "another important milestone in the history of reproductive medicine."

美國生殖醫學會日前發表的一份聲明稱，達拉斯這位寶寶的出生是“生殖醫學史上的又一個重要里程碑”。

For women born without a functioning uterus, "transplantation represents the only way they can carry a pregnancy," the statement said.

該聲明稱，對於那些天生就沒有正常子宮的女性來說，“移植子宮是她們懷孕的唯一途徑”。