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Groundbreaking bladder transplant gives cancer survivor hope: ‘I was a ticking time bomb’
Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA Vascularized Composite Bladder Allograft Transplant ...
World’s first bladder transplant marks ‘historic moment’ as man, 41, able to pee again for first time in 7 years
SURGEONS have performed the first-ever human bladder transplant – a game-changing procedure with the potential to help ...
First human bladder transplant a ‘historic’ success with potential to change lives of millions
Surgeons in California have performed the world’s first-ever human bladder transplant – calling it a “historic” operation ...
US surgeons perform first human bladder transplant
The doctors plan to perform bladder transplants in four more patients before pursuing a larger trial. Read more at ...
The gift of life: A visual history of organ transplantation
There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago.