Robotic transplants safe for kidney disease patients with obesity

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers report that among patients with obesity, robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes comparable to those seen among nonobese patients. The study includes data collected over 10 years from more than 230 robotic-assisted kidney transplants in patients with obesity.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news