The University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB performs first robotic kidney transplant in the Southeast

Muhammad Rabbani, M.D. operates a robotic surgical device during UAB's first robotic kidney transplant. “This milestone also ...
Oncology Nurse Advisor

Minimally Invasive Nephrectomy Using the Hilum-First Technique Feasible for Polycystic Kidney Disease

The widespread use of standard laparoscopic procedures has been constrained by the technical difficulties presented by patients with PKD who have massively enlarged and cystic kidneys.
Kaleido Scope

Hanaway discusses robotic kidney donation surgery on UAB MedCast

UAB Division of Transplantation Professor and Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Michael Hanaway, M.D., has recently been featured on UAB MedCast. During the episode, Hanaway discusses ...
European Medical Journal

Higher Kidney Stone Risk Seen After Malabsorptive Bariatric Surgery

Malabsorptive bariatric surgery increases kidney stones risk versus restrictive procedures. Learn how urine chemistry differs ...
WKRG on MSN

UAB becomes 1st in Southeast to complete robotic kidney transplant

Doctors at UAB are leading the southeast in kidney transplant surgery.

Study: Remote robotic surgery comparable to operations in-person

Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from up to 2,800 kilometres away, the equivalent of a medic in southern ...
KLTV

U.S. experiencing national kidney shortage despite improving procedures, organ compatibility

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Kidney shortages across the U.S. are causing those in need of a new kidney to wait years on a waitlist as their condition worsens, sometimes fatally. Roughly 90,000 people in the ...