Woman with cystic fibrosis gets 'first of its kind' quadruple-organ transplant at Northwestern

"We couldn't just say that nothing can be done," said one of Elizabeth Wehrle's physicians. At 11, Wehrle was diagnosed with ...

Northwestern performs rare quadruple-organ transplant on woman who previously had lung transplant

Before she went into surgery, Elizabeth Wehrle knew that doctors wanted to transplant four new organs into her body. She didn ...
The Manila Times

A Father's Gift, A World First: Six-Year-Old Becomes First Patient to Receive a Liver Transplant Through a Single Robotic Incision

A father's decision to give part of his liver to save his son has resulted in a global medical first. King Faisal Specialis ...
UUHC Health Feed

What to Expect at Your Kidney Transplant Consult & Surgery

The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...
Medical Xpress

Bariatric surgery, liver transplant offer long-term gains

Simultaneous bariatric surgery and liver transplant for patients who are severely obese is safe and improves long-term health outcomes, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study. This combined approach ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Doctors Take Another Step Toward Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants With the First Pig Kidney Transplant

Surgeons perform the pig kidney transplant. The surgery took place last week, and the patient is recovering well and is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon. Massachusetts General Hospital ...
University of California

World’s first human bladder transplant performed at UCLA

Surgeons from UCLA Health have successfully performed the first-ever human bladder transplant, a potentially game-changing procedure for people suffering from bladder dysfunction and pain. “This first ...
UC San Francisco

The Inspiring Story of World’s First All-Female Heart Transplant

Cardiac surgeon Amy Fiedler, MD, stares at the motionless heart below her in an operating room at UC San Francisco’s Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. She’s nearly five hours into a ...
Medical Xpress

Transplant survival is improving, but organ shortages persist and limit access

More adults are surviving both the wait for an organ and transplant surgery, but the number of people who need transplants continues to exceed the number of organs available, especially for kidneys, ...
Morningstar

MEMORIAL ADVANCES KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CARE WITH ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR DONORS AND RECIPIENTS

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- 65-year-old James Emmanuel received a life-saving kidney from his daughter through a transplant performed with the help of a skilled surgeon using ...
WebMD

Heart-Liver Surgery May Help Patients Get Onto Transplant List

Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the transplant list. “I would have died,” he says. “There's no doubt about that. My body was failing.” A former ...
WebMD

Liver Transplantation for MASLD and MASH

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) -- formerly called non-alcohol related fatty liver disease (NASLD) -- is a condition in which fat builds up in your liver. Metabolic ...