In a groundbreaking achievement, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday successfully performed its first laparoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) donor nephrectomy.
A release yesterday from the GPHC said that the laparoscopic donor nephrectomy was conducted on a female donor who contributed her kidney to a 17-year-old male relative. The young recipient had been grappling with chronic kidney failure attributed to type 1 diabetes. The release said that the transplant was a resounding success, and the transplanted kidney is functioning well. The patient has shown no further need for dialysis, demonstrating the effectiveness of the procedure in restoring renal health.