A Delaware musician has a new lease on life after a kidney transplant. It was an operation that involved a robot and social media.
This was a living donor transplant from a connection made on Facebook. It was performed at Penn Medicine with the help of a robot for the first time.
"There isn't a large incision to go in and instead a smaller incision to go in which means smaller scars but also easier healing for the patient," Dr. Shaikhouni said. Dr. Shaikhouni says getting a kidney from a living donor is usually quicker and better for the recipient. For the donor who can safely live with one kidney, robotics makes that surgery and recovery easier.
For Fisher, having a robotic transplant with a living donor was a double dose of good fortune and that altruistic donor has now become a good friend. Sharing a special bond with a music man who has a lot to play for now.
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