Friday, April 24, 2009

UIC Doctor removes kidney through belly button

UIC News Release: "Dr. Leslie Deane, assistant professor of urology and director of laparoscopy, endourology and robotic urologic surgery at UIC, inserted a camera and two surgical instruments through a port placed in a one-inch incision in the patient's belly button and remove a diseased kidney the size of an orange."
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Not bad for an assistant professor.

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