Kidney Transplant

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine successfully perform kidney transplant on conscious recipient

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CHICAGO — For the first time at Northwestern Medicine, surgeons performed a kidney transplant while the recipient was still awake. Chicago resident John Nicholas successfully received a kidney transplant and was able to walk out of the hospital the next day thanks to the groundbreaking procedure. It was the first time at Northwestern Medicine that … Read more

U.S. doctors perform kidney transplant on awake patient in milestone – National

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A medical team in the United States has performed a rare kidney transplant during which the patient was awake throughout the procedure and was discharged the next day. John Nicholas, from Indianapolis, underwent the awake transplant last month at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. His childhood friend, Patrick Wise, whom he has known since … Read more