A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure. John Nicholas, 28, ...

Compared with patients who undergo surgery within 1 month of emergency department presentation, those waiting 6 months or more had significant 20% increased odds of undergoing complex surgery, data ...

Dr. Patrick Dean (sitting) successfully performed Minnesota's first robotic-assisted kidney transplant at Mayo Clinic on Oct. 4. CATHARINE RICHERT: I'm Catharine Richert in for Cathy Wurzer. Next week ...

TRANSPLANTED INTO A HUMAN. SADLY, THAT MAN FROM WEYMOUTH DIED LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER, ONLY ON FIVE. I SPOKE WITH ONE DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THAT PROCEDURE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE THIS ...

The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Cleveland Clinic has reportedly witnessed and performed the United States' first-ever robot-assisted surgery during a dual kidney transplant. This innovative method involved a minimally invasive ...

Melania Trump underwent serious kidney surgery that carried risks of organ loss if recovery wasn't successful, according to ...

Lahore General Hospital is set to introduce Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS), a modern technique for the treatment of ...

Richard Slayman, the first person to ever receive a kidney from a pig, has died, according to Massachusetts General Hospital, where the transplant was performed in March. In a statement late Saturday, ...

The kidneys are among the most important organs of the human body. Every day they filter around 1,500 litres of blood, ...