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In a medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world's first in-human bladder transplant. Oscar Larrainzar had been struggling after having most of his bladder removed due to a tumor. Urine for a ...

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 announced ...

Surgeons have performed the world’s first-ever human bladder transplant – calling it a “historic” operation that has the potential to change the lives of millions patients with bladder diseases. For ...

Surgeons from UCLA Health and Keck Medicine of USC have performed the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant. "Bladder transplantation has been Dr. Nassiri's principal academic focus since we ...

LOS ANGELES — Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with debilitating bladder conditions.

What is the first-line treatment of bladder cancer in the renal transplant patient? Is an ileal neobladder associated with a high risk of infectious complications? It is true that neobladders have a ...

"It’s the first time he has been able to pee in 7 years," said Dr Inderbir Gill from USC told The Times. "For all of us, this is huge." HealthDay News — Doctors in Southern California have performed ...

A VIRUS that most people pick up in childhood triggered deadly bladder cancer in dad-of-two Tim Tavender. The 51-year-old got ...

The 51-year-old from Southampton became ill with BK virus, also known as polyomavirus, in 2015 following a kidney transplant.

Tackling a common childhood virus could open the door to preventing bladder cancer, according to new research.

A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later ...