Surgeons at Keck Medicine of USC(Los Angeles,CA,USA;www.keckmedicine.org) have initiated a clinical trial to conduct the world’s first human bladder transplant.

The trial is actively screening potential participants for this groundbreaking transplantation.

During the operation,the patient’s diseased bladder will be removed and replaced with a healthy bladder from a deceased donor.

This first-of-its-kind bladder transplant will be conducted entirely using robotic surgery.

This advanced form of minimally invasive surgery allows surgeons to employ a high-definition,three-dimensional camera to direct a robot in performing surgery through smaller,more accurate incisions with greater dexterity than possible with hand-held surgical instruments.