KATHMANDU, Feb 4: In a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor’s vagina.
“The kidney was successfully removed and transplanted into the donor’s niece, and both patients are doing fine,” said Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD, chief of the transplant division at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who led the team that performed the historic operation, according to press release issued by the institution.
The transvaginal donor kidney extraction, performed January 29 on a 48-year-old woman from Lexington Park, Maryland, US, eliminated the need for a 5-to-6-inch abdominal incision and left only three pea-size scars on her abdomen, one of which is hidden in her navel.
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