A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA ...

Transplant recipient Oscar Larrainzar is flanked by UCLA's Dr. Nima Nassiri (L) and USC's Dr. Inderbir Gill as they walked down a hallway at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

The first successful human bladder transplant could offer hope for people with bladder problems. On May 4, 2025, Oscar Larrainzar, 41, became the first human to successfully receive a bladder ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Colorado head coach Deion Sanders revealed in a Monday press conference that he has successfully overcome a battle with bladder cancer. Sanders, joined by Colorado University Cancer ...

After Hall of Fame athlete Deion Sanders’ announcement that he battled bladder cancer, doctors are sharing warning signs to monitor. Sanders, who is currently head football coach at the University of ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) Inlexzo (gemcitabine intravesical system) as a new treatment approach for certain types of bladder ...

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has been forced to learn a new way of living after having his bladder removed in May. That includes certain issues involving his job: “Can I make it through a ...

Patients with urinary incontinence, sudden and overwhelming urges to urinate, frequent urination and similar problems are usually given the traditional urodynamic test to measure how well the bladder ...

May 19 (UPI) --Surgeons in southern California successfully completed the world's first-ever human bladder transplant in what's being called a potentially "game-changing" new surgical method for ...