American surgeons successfully conducted a human bladder transplant, a worldwide scoop that is a turning point for patients with severe urinary disorders.
Oscar Larrainzar, a 41 -year -old father who received dialysis for seven, was the beneficiary.
The man had to submit several years ago to the removal of much of the bladder due to a cancer And, later, both kidneys were extracted, the UCLA, one of the two California universities that participated in the operation in a statement.
Larrainzar received a bladder and a kidney, both from the same donor, during an operation of approximately eight hours made in early May at the Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center in Los Angeles, in California.
“The surgeons first transplanted the kidney, then the bladder and then connected the kidney to the new bladder using the technique they had developed”the university said.
The results are encouraging and almost immediate, according to one of the surgeons, Dr. Nima Nassiri. “The kidney immediately produced a large volume of urine and the patient’s renal function immediately improved,” he said in a statement.
“Dialysis was not necessary after the operation and urine flowed correctly in the new bladder”he added.
Surgery represents “a historical moment in medicine and could transform the treatment of patients” with veils “that no longer work,” insisted Inderbir Gill, which co -directed the intervention.
Until now, bladder transplants were considered too complex, mainly due to the difficulties of accessing the area and vascularization.
This first transplant occurs after more than four years of preparation and should be followed by others in the framework of a clinical trial that allows evaluating the benefits and risks of such an operation.