Successful Pregnancy after in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer from an Infertile Woman to a Surrogate

Abstract

To the Editor: We wish to present a report of a pregnancy in which fertilization of an ovum obtained from a woman who had had a hysterectomy was followed by transfer of the embryo to a surrogate.A 37-year-old woman had undergone bilateral salpingectomy for tubo-ovarian abscesses in 1972 and hysteroscopic resection of a submucous fibroid in 1982. Shortly after the resection she had undergone in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Although the procedure was successful, the uterus spontaneously ruptured at 28 weeks of gestation, necessitating cesarean hysterectomy. The baby girl subsequently died of the respiratory distress syndrome.The couple . . .