Surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina

Robert Toy · Feb 3, 2009

Surgeons removed a healthy kidney through a donor's vagina, the Johns Hopkins Medical Center has announced. Although the procedure has been previously done to extract cancerous and nonfunctioning kidneys that threatened a patient's health, the surgery was the first time it was done for donation purposes, the center said.

"She said it was like getting a tooth removed," the donor's doctor said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/kidney.vagina.surgery/index.html

Okay...what will it be kidney or tooth? I need to know how to adjust the chair.

scarletpeaches · Feb 3, 2009

I just puckered.

MattW · Feb 3, 2009

What happens if I don't have a vagina and want to give a kidney? Still a tub full of ice cubes? Not even buy me dinner first?

scarletpeaches · Feb 3, 2009

Just so y'all know, my vadge is one-way traffic only.

Babies, teeth, kidneys, you name it. There's nowt comin' owt.

semilargeintestine · Feb 3, 2009

MattW said:
What happens if I don't have a vagina and want to give a kidney? Still a tub full of ice cubes? Not even buy me dinner first?

Think about it. What hole do you have down there? There aren't many options, and a kidney is too big to come out the front.

MattW · Feb 3, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Just so y'all know, my vadge is one-way traffic only.

Babies, teeth, kidneys, you name it. There's nowt comin' owt.

Spare us the ins and outs of it...

sassandgroove · Feb 3, 2009

to what purpose? internal incision instead of external? I am not sure I even want to think about it. never mind.

semilargeintestine · Feb 3, 2009

Minimally invasive surgery. They have taken gallbladders out the same way and are experimenting with taking them out via endoscopy, as not everyone has a vag.

Don Allen · Feb 3, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Just so y'all know, my vadge is one-way traffic only.

Babies, teeth, kidneys, you name it. There's nowt comin' owt.

Love the way you put things....

ColoradoGuy · Feb 3, 2009

I'm not sure I'd want to be the recipient of that kidney.

scarletpeaches · Feb 3, 2009

Maybe they should rename it a 'vadgidney'.

Williebee · Feb 3, 2009

You know, sometimes "OW" just doesn't get it.

Lyv · Feb 3, 2009

Sounds good to me. I base this on having seen my sister after donating a kidney to our other sister. It was rough (though I'm sure the surgery has improved since the 1980s).

If it helps make the process easier for donors and maybe even boosts the number of kidneys donated, it's all good.

Feiss · Feb 3, 2009

I can hear it! I can hear it!!

Ssssschhhhhluuppp

there you go, kidney, don't mind the clitty litter.

Plot Device · Feb 4, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Just so y'all know, my vadge is one-way traffic only.

Stuff goes out but never goes in??

Or

Stuff goes in but never goes out??

SHBueche · Feb 4, 2009

I know they are making tremendous progress on the surgery front, many surgeries are available through laprascopies. Now that stem cell research is on the forefront again, I predict even more progress.

sassandgroove · Feb 4, 2009

Plot Device said:
Stuff goes out but never goes in??

Or

Stuff goes in but never goes out??

Read the whole post.

Just so y'all know, my vadge is one-way traffic only.

Babies, teeth, kidneys, you name it. There's nowt comin' owt.

stuff only goes IN.

maestrowork · Feb 4, 2009

I think I just puked out my kidney...

StephanieFox · Feb 4, 2009

MattW said:
What happens if I don't have a vagina and want to give a kidney? Still a tub full of ice cubes? Not even buy me dinner first?

Just turn around.

Oooo. Is that rude?

Haggis · Feb 4, 2009

"She said it was like getting a tooth removed," the donor's doctor said.

I suppose they'll be trying that next.

Snowstorm · Feb 4, 2009

I've read many years ago the vagina is extremely fast healing. Makes sense to remove an organ this way rather than the weeks of healing via the old way through the skin. Although, I admit it sounds a bit creepy.

TerzaRima · Feb 4, 2009

I admit it sounds a bit creepy.

I think it sounds a bit hard to keep sterile.

Snowstorm · Feb 4, 2009

TerzaRima said:
I think it sounds a bit hard to keep sterile.

I wondered about that too. A big condom inserted with a slit where the incision would be? Lots of cleaning?

(Sorry, this is creeping me out. Not sure why though.)

ColoradoGuy · Feb 4, 2009

TerzaRima said:
I think it sounds a bit hard to keep sterile.

Yeah, which is why I'm sure I'd want it. Besides, although the usual flank incision to take out a kidney is not trivial, it's nothing like, say, a thoracotomy or a total hip replacement.

Tirjasdyn · Feb 4, 2009

Snowstorm said:
I've read many years ago the vagina is extremely fast healing. Makes sense to remove an organ this way rather than the weeks of healing via the old way through the skin. Although, I admit it sounds a bit creepy.

TMI TIME

No it's not....unless a year is fast healing for you.

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