Wednesday 21 December 2016

Kidney transplanted in place of spleen

A child who has been on dialysis since birth due to a rare kidney problem and malformed blood vessels has had her spleen removed and a kidney transplanted in the space created. This is reported as a new and innovative technique in the an Italian newspaper, Tonino (let google translate it for you), UK's Daily Mail and many others world wide.

The operation is described as an immediate success as the six year old Italian girl's new kidney started functioning immediately