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

Kidney transplantation can be done using kidneys from either living or deceased donors, and both options save lives. Living ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery are associated with a reduced risk for adverse kidney outcomes in patients with obesity, regardless of type 2 diabetes status.

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 ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was surprised to learn that even though I have type 2 diabetes, I possibly could be a candidate to donate a kidney to my husband who has end-stage kidney disease. Would donating a ...