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Patient Success Story: Kidney Donor Thrilled About New Scarless Procedure

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Overview:

Baltimore resident Michelle Middlekauf recently donated a kidney to her father at UMMC. She was among the first have a scarless, single-incision kidney removal surgery. UMMC is the third hospital in the United States to offer this procedure, in which the kidney is removed through the navel. Hear what Michelle, whose only sign of surgery when she left the hospital was a Band-Aid on her belly button, has to say about her experience.

Related Information:

Scarless Kidney Removal Overview
Patient Success Story
Living Kidney Donor Transplant Program
Living Kidney Donor Transplant FAQs
Kidney Donor Transplant Surgical Webcast

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