Jaslok Gynaecologist Operates On Patient With Two Uteri

A rare surgery, fusing the two uteri, enabled the 39-year-old patient to give birth to a 1.87-kg baby girl in March 2006. The laparoscopic surgery was conducted way back in December 2003 by Jaslok Hospital's gynaecological endoscopist Dr Neeta Warty, so that the patient could support a full-grown foetus. Believing that this is the first case in the world where two uteri were joined through laparoscopy, Dr Warty now plans to present the case before the American Infertility Society Meet, which will take place in August this year.

Dr Warty has held the scalpel for similar surgery for three more patients, one of whom is pregnant. "This condition is medically known as Didelphys Bicollis, in which there are two different uteri inside the body. It occurs when the womb, initially formed in two halves does not unite to form a single one. Nearly 39 per cent of women worldwide have two uteri, which are joined at the top or at the bottom, usually through open surgery," explains Dr Warty. She has not thought about patenting her technique just yet.