The Touching Tale of a Mother's Love and the Advances of Surgery

Dr. Sandesh Kade, Specialist OB/GYN at Bareen Hospital, Abu Dhabi was part of a team which performed successful Laparoscopic Uterus transplant surgeries in India on 18 & 19, May 2017. These surgeries took place in Pune, India and were the first of its kind. Dr. Kade along with his peers Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar and Dr. Neeta Warty have been preparing for these surgeries for the past 2 years, regular discussions, planning and cadaveric dissection were key in this preparation.
 

The team consisted of 12 doctors, the Uterus retrievers, the uterus receivers, vascular surgeons, anesthesia experts, post operation team and infertility experts. The main aim was to successfully complete the surgery in minimal time to reduce any threat imposed on the patient. Yes, Uterus transplant surgery has been done before, a total of 30 attempts but never by laparoscopy. It would normally take 12 hours to remove the Uterus whereas in this case, it took Dr. Kade and his team only 4 hours and a total of 9 hours and 30 minutes for the entire surgery.
 

Edwin H. Chapin said it best “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s Love” and in this case, you will understand the quote. A rather astonishing story of a mother and daughter bond. Mrs. Swati is a 22-year-old newlywed bride from India, for 22 years Mrs. Swati never went through a mensuration cycle and it was assumed to be a case of delayed mensuration. Shortly after getting married, she noticed that something is not right given that she and her husband were trying to conceive but with no luck.

Soon after they made a visit to the doctor and realized that Mrs. Swati was born without a Uterus. Her mother, a 45-year-old woman who has had her share of motherhood comes to the rescue and decides to donate her uterus to her baby girl so that her daughter can experience childbirth one day. How amazing is it? The same uterus that gave her life is now about to give life to her children.
 

The retrieval of the Uterus took 4 hours in total and was successfully transplanted to Mrs. Swati. The surgeries for both mother and daughter were completed with great success and Mrs. Swati will finally experience mensuration. She would then have to wait for a year before trying to get pregnant, so that her body has enough time to heal and adjust to the new uterus.
 

There is more, just 24 hours after Swati’s surgery another surgery of the same kind was conducted by Dr. Sandesh Kade, Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar and his team. Also, in this case, the donor was the patient’s mother, having a relative donate their Uterus reduces the risks of the body rejecting the organ. Mrs. Rupal, the 26-year-old has had several miscarriages and lost 2 of her babies after full-term pregnancies. Mrs. Rupal’s Uterus was extremely damaged, absent of periods and was completely an irreparable Uterus which therefore led to a Uterus transplant from her 44-year-old mother. Once again this was a successful surgery and both mother and daughter are recovering well.
 

We are really proud that one of Bareen’s finest doctor, Dr. Sandesh Kade was part of these historical surgeries and we hope to continue to bring you the best in medical care.