Professor Richard Smith and Miss Isabel Quiroga. Professor Smith, who is also founder and chair of the charity Womb Transplant UK, is a consultant gynaecological surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and professor of practice at Imperial College London.
He said: "This is a first for the UK, following over 25 years of research, and is only possible thanks to the recipient's sister who came forward and was willing to donate.
"It is still very early days but, if all continues to go well, we hope the recipient will continue to progress, and be in a position to have a baby in the coming years. We are grateful to the charity Womb Transplant UK for funding the transplant and to our highly talented colleagues for their time and expertise over many years.
"Any further transplants will depend on the willingness of suitable donors and funding for the operations, which comes through Womb Transplant UK. However, we very much hope we will be able to help other women born without or with underdeveloped wombs in the near future."
Isabel Quiroga is an OUH consultant transplant and endocrine surgeon and clinical lead for organ retrieval at the Oxford Transplant Centre.
She said: "It was a privilege to carry out the UK's first womb transplant. The operations, while long and complex, went according to plan and I am delighted to see that the donor and recipient are recovering well.
"I look forward to the time when this procedure becomes more common and more women have the opportunity to have their own baby."
Jessica Porter, head of regulation at the Human Tissue Authority, said: "All organ donations from living people in the UK must be approved by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) before they can proceed. The HTA checks that consent is in place and there is no duress, coercion or reward."
Find out more about womb transplantation at Womb Transplant UK.
