Tag: "kidney transplant"
Vietnam performs 1st dual kidney removal, transplant surgery
Vietnam News 13:53 21/01/2026Hue Central Hospital in central Vietnam said on Wednesday that its doctors had successfully carried out the country's first surgery to simultaneously remove two massive polycystic kidneys and perform a kidney transplant on a patient with end-stage renal failure.
U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
World 11:46 20/10/2021For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant
Vietnamese mother donates healthier kidney to daughter against doctors’ advice
In-Depth 12:02 03/07/2020For Thanh’s mother, a single parent, the decision to donate a kidney was a no-brainer
