The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba says it has successfully delivered a 68-year-old woman of a set of twins, following an IVF conception.
Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, LUTH Medical Advisory Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that the woman was pregnant for the first time.
Adeyemo said she was delivered on April 14 through an elective Caesarean Section at 37 weeks gestation.
He said the IVF and embryo transfer were done at a facility outside LUTH.
Adeyemo further said the woman was, thereafter, referred to LUTH at early gestation and was subsequently managed till she was delivered.
“This is the first in LUTH, Nigeria and Africa,” he said, adding that both the mother and the babies were in good conditions.
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