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Living Kidney Donor Transplant

This Webcast shows a kidney being removed from a donor using a minimally invasive procedure called laparoscopic nephrectomy, which the UM Medical Center has done more of than any other hospital in the country. The kidney is then prepared for transplant and placed into the recipient.More»

Summary and Webcast

Related information on umm.edu:

UM Kidney Transplant Program - Visit the Maryland Transplant Center's comprehensive Web site for more information about our internationally known kidney transplant program.
Kidney donor and recipient patient success stories.
UMMC first transplant center in U.S. to perform 1,000 laparoscopic kidney removals.
Benjamin Philosophe, M.D., Adrian Park, M.D. and Stephen Bartlett, M.D. - Biographies of Drs. Philosophe, Park and Bartlett, who are featured in the Living Kidney Donor Transplant webcast.

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