Surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina (CNN.com)
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The procedure is done by inserting "wand-like cameras and tools" through small incisions in the abdomen and navel.
Doctors then insert a hollow tube through the vagina with a bag at the end.
Once the kidney is cut loose, surgeons use video from the cameras to guide them as they maneuver the bag around the organ, place it in the tube and pull it out through the vaginal opening, Montgomery said.
A kidney weighs approximately one pound and is roughly the size of a clenched hand.
In an effort to ensure a more sterile procedure, the vagina is treated with Betadine, a sterilizing solvent commonly applied during surgery.
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Let's see ya' do that, JM.
-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy
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