24-year-old woman undergoes rare kidney surgery at Xiangya Hospital in China, removing tumor and aneurysm before re-implanting the organ.
24-year-old woman receives rare kidney surgery at Xiangya Hospital in China. In an innovative, first-time procedure, doctors excised her kidney, removed a tumor and aneurysm, and reconstructed blood vessels before re-implanting the organ. The patient wished to keep her right kidney despite having both a renal tumor and renal artery aneurysm, for which the conventional treatment is complete kidney removal.
April 10, 2024
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