The historic surgery, resulting from years of research, opens the door to improved treatment of non-functioning bladders.

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 ...

The person who received the bladder is doing well, and the successful transplant could offer hope to thousands of people with bladder dysfunction.

Discover the first-ever human bladder transplant, a “historic moment in medicine,” potentially transforming treatment options ...

An Indian-origin doctor, Inderbir Gill, along with Dr Nima Nassiri, performed the world's first successful bladder transplant ...

Surgeons from Keck Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) and University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) ...

Dr. Inderbir Gill calls it “the realization of a dream” for treating patients with debilitating bladder conditions ...

Surgeons Perform First Ever Successful Bladder Transplant. Surgeons have completed the world’s first human bladder transplant ...

Photo: Inderbir Gill (R) with Nima Nassiri. Photo: Nick Carranza/UCLA Health ...

Multiple obstacles, including vascular connections and immune suppression, made the pioneering bladder transplant procedure a ...

In an eight-hour procedure at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, surgeons from UCLA Health and Keck Medicine of USC performed ...