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 ...

The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions. Oscar Larrainzar, the recipient of the first-ever bladder transplant, waited to be discharged from the Ronald Reagan ...

May 19 (UPI) --Surgeons in southern California successfully completed the world's first-ever human bladder transplant in what's being called a potentially "game-changing" new surgical method for ...

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 ...

A cancer survivor from West Covina was the recipient of the world's first in-human bladder transplant this month, thanks to a pair of Los Angeles doctors. Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA ...

LOS ANGELES, CA– In a groundbreaking achievement set to reshape the future of transplant medicine, Dr. Inderbir S. Gill has led the world’s first successful bladder transplant in a human being. The ...

A series of pre-clinical studies provide important first steps in developing techniques of robotic bladder transplantation in humans, as reported in the October issue of The Journal of Urology ®, an ...

Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health have performed the world's first-in-human bladder transplant. The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on May 4, ...

Historic surgery, the result of years of research at Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health, opens the door for improved treatment of non-functioning bladders “This surgery is a historic moment in ...

“This surgery is a historic moment in medicine and stands to impact how we manage carefully selected patients with highly symptomatic ‘terminal’ bladders that are no longer functioning,” said Gill, ...