Surgeons in California perform first ever successful bladder transplant

Patient, 41-year-old man, was able to to go off dialysis with technique that two doctors worked for years to develop

Surgeons in California have performed the first ever successful bladder transplant, aiding a patient who previously had his bladder and both kidneys removed as a result of cancer treatment and end-stage kidney disease.

The treatment allowed the patient, 41-year-old father of four Oscar Larrainzar, to go off dialysis - although the surgery comes with considerable short- and long-term risks and unknowns.