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First human bladder transplant performed at UCLA
A UCLA surgical team has performed the first -in-human bladder transplant. The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on May 4, 2025. The procedure was part of a UCLA clinical trial.
While these surgeries can be effective, they come with many short-and long-term risks that compromise a patient’s health such as internal bleeding, bacterial infection and digestive issues. The two surgeons also undertook several non-robotic trial runs of bladder recovery at OneLegacy, allowing them to perfect the technique while working closely with multi-disciplinary surgical teams. This is why the combined kidney and bladder transplant was ultimately performed at UCLA, which has the necessary infrastructure, clinical expertise, and multidisciplinary support to carry out the procedure and manage the patient from pre-transplant evaluation through post-transplant care, all within the one department.
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