Muhammad Rabbani, M.D. operates a robotic surgical device during UAB's first robotic kidney transplant. “This milestone also ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital recently became the first in the Southeast to perform a kidney transplant using a robot. On Jan. 15, Drs. Michael Hanaway and Muhammad Rabbani ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, felt no ...

Being able to transplant kidneys using only local anesthetic could shorten patients' hospital stays and make the procedure accessible to more people, doctors say. When you purchase through links on ...

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery are associated with a reduced risk for adverse kidney outcomes in patients with obesity, ...

Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

Share on Pinterest Bariatric surgery may be better for preserving kidney function in people with diabetes and obesity than GLP-1 drugs. Image credit: Ruben Earth/Getty Images. In a new study, people ...