Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down13
arrow-up1506arrow-down1external-linkTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-square°˖✧ ipha ✧˖°linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·21 days agoRemoving it is more traumatic to the body, so they just leave it in.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-221 days agoI wonder how they found that out. - Hey Nick, where did you put the old kidney I can’t see it anywhere? - Uh-oh… It’s… I’m sure it’s fine, listen I have to run to a meeting, just keep an eye on this patient.
Removing it is more traumatic to the body, so they just leave it in.
I wonder how they found that out.
- Hey Nick, where did you put the old kidney I can’t see it anywhere?
- Uh-oh… It’s… I’m sure it’s fine, listen I have to run to a meeting, just keep an eye on this patient.