All the News That’s Fit: Bladder Breakthrough, the Brainy Thumb and Iron Lungs

All the News That’s Fit: Bladder breakthrough, the brainy thumb and iron lungs

For The Union-Tribune Bladder tidings In May, surgeons at USC and UCLA collaborated to perform the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant. Currently, when a bladder fails or needs to be removed, doctors create a “neobladder” using a portion of the patient’s intestine or they reroute urine to drain into a bag attached outside the body. The 41-year-old recipient of a donor bladder also received a new kidney. Both of the patient’s original kidne…

First Human Bladder Transplant Performed at UCLA Health

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