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Mayo Clinic Performs First Robotic Kidney Transplant in Minnesota Feb 27 4:16pm | By Kristin Eggebraaten (@keggebraaten)
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@pjpanning, Congratulations on your successful kidney transplant! I am thrilled that you reached out and shared your important role in this history making event in the world of Transplants at Mayo Clinic. It is because of people like you, who bravely accept new medical technology, that more and more lives can be saved.

How did you come to be offered this robotic assisted kidney transplant? Was the decision to accept a medical 1st an easy or a difficult decision for you?

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pjpanning | @pjpanning | Nov 30, 2023

The surgeon called about a month before my scheduled surgery and asked if I would do this. It was a pretty easy decision for me to say yes because he said it would be smaller incisions so less pain and quicker recovery. He also said if there were any problems during the surgery, they would stop with the robot and just do it the other way.
My incision is about a 2 inch vertical incision next to my belly button, so there were no muscles cut which is why I think the recovery was so easy.

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