World’s First Successful Bladder Transplant Gives New Life to Kidney Patient
Here is the full English translation of the article: --- **On May 4, 2025, in Los Angeles, USA, the world’s first successful bladder transplant was performed.** Through this groundbreaking surgery, 41-year-old Oscar Larenza was given a new lease on life. Oscar had been suffering from cancer and kidney disease and had depended on dialysis for the past seven years, as both of his kidneys and most of his bladder had been damaged beyond repair. In this pioneering operation, doctors transplanted a kidney and a bladder simultaneously from a deceased donor into Oscar’s body. The entire surgery lasted eight hours, and the new kidney began functioning immediately. Urine also started to collect properly in the new bladder, which meant Oscar no longer needed dialysis. The surgery was led by Dr. Nima Nassiri (UCLA) and Dr. Inderbir Gill (USC). They had been preparing for more than four years, practicing on cadavers and animal models. Previously, when the bladder was damaged, surgeons had to c...