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On May 4, 2025, doctors in California performed the world’s first human bladder transplant, a medical milestone that could ...
The historic surgery, resulting from years of research, opens the door to improved treatment of non-functioning bladders.
In an eight-hour procedure at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, surgeons from UCLA Health and Keck Medicine of USC performed ...
UCLA and USC surgeons performed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant this month, and now, thanks to them, the patient can produce urine for the first time in seven years. Officials ...
Dr. Inderbir Gill calls it “the realization of a dream” for treating patients with debilitating bladder conditions ...
Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of ...
In a joint effort between Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health, surgeons performed the groundbreaking surgery on May 4, and the patient is now recovering well, the experts said. Dr Inderbir Gill ...
Bladder transplants have not been done previously, in part because of the complicated vascular structure of the pelvic area.