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Woman Has Kidney Removed Through Her Belly Button

dailymail.co.uk — A British patient has become the first in Europe to undergo a revolutionary procedure to remove an organ through a single tiny incision in the belly button. Nurse Susie White, 30, had a kidney removed using the technique – known as Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) – and has been left with no visible scars. Doctors made a hole less than

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  • ThePoofyChicken, on 04/05/2009, -1/+17Wonder how long until they start putting breast implants in through the belly button.
  • TheAssuager, on 04/05/2009, -0/+16Uhhhhh yes... I had this exact procedure done about a year ago. This is nothing new... confused...
  • BeShirtHappy, on 04/05/2009, -0/+12Science and medicine have come so far... I love the fact that surgeries are becoming less and less invasive.
  • dexter411, on 04/05/2009, -0/+8They already do. Google Transumbilical Breast Augmentation.
  • sjbdallas, on 04/05/2009, -0/+8Seems better than the one last year that had it removed through her vagina.
  • DeskFlyer, on 04/05/2009, -1/+7I guess this means she has an outtie.
  • gcnaddict, on 04/05/2009, -0/+6...Giggity
  • radialturkey, on 04/05/2009, -1/+6Unfortunately, they break up the kidney inside your body, so kidney robberies will still be leaving unsightly scars..
  • pak314, on 04/05/2009, -2/+7They already do it...
    http://www.bellybuttonbreastaugmentation.com/
  • DulcetTone, on 04/05/2009, -0/+5Another British navel victory.
  • Moocowz, on 04/05/2009, -0/+5she looks at least 15 years older
  • Spanq, on 04/05/2009, -0/+4They have for a while now, actually.
  • bj1989, on 04/05/2009, -0/+3Too bad the photogallery section of that site was "under construction"
  • MeatyMcBeef, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2Yeah? So? I pushed a pound of kidney beans out of my butt.
  • miralize, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2No way is she 30
  • hydrokayak, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2As it is, they do nephrectomies as a laproscopic procedure as it is. The current method requires 3 small incisions. I wonder how much more this scarless system will cost, and whether insurance will cover it.
  • oxdeltaxo, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2I had my appendix removed through my belly button. Good ol' laproscopy.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laproscopy
  • mattharvey716, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2some great photoshopping on that picture there!
  • radialturkey, on 04/05/2009, -1/+2or the nipple.
  • sladek, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Poorly executed polygonal lasso tool is what it is
  • inactive, on 04/05/2009, -1/+2In Soviet Russia, belly button removes YOU!
  • howea, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1better to see the after shots
  • SwiftKick34, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Sexy.
  • TheMidnighter, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Wish there was a video ....
  • emptyo, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Is she wearing a hairnet in that picture? Or does she have a ferret on her head?


  • inactive, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1That's kinda awesome actually.
  • buddysystem, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1They've been removing appendixes (appendices?) through the belly button for years. This is cool, but shouldn't come as a huge surprise.
  • Lonandubh, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1...aw, man. First time i read the acronym, i thought it was SLIS, and i thought "Awesome name! I bet it's said 'slice'"
    ...then i read it again. Sadness.
  • Frostek, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1This is fine - but men don't have a vagina. But we have a navel.
  • DaviDTC, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Probably have to wait about 5 year ago.
  • JP1998, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Well i had transplant kidney surgery and yes its a huge scar that they left. Would be nice not to have such an unsightly scar but personally i rather have a scar than not have a kidney.
  • SammyJr, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1This woman obviously didn't have to worry about such details. NHS FTW.
  • painting, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I had a navel infection one time, it was disgusting. Bellybutton swelled up and yellow mucus started coming out.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Someone's showing off his med school vocabulary test.
  • socokoolaid, on 04/05/2009, -1/+2U.S. Cooler Than Europe!!!

    Revolutionary procedures:

    Europe: removes an organ through belly button ... lame
    US: removes organs through vagians!!

    Maryland surgeons remove donated kidney through vagina
    http://digg.com/d1jLZh

    Appendix Removed Through Vagina: U.S. First
    http://digg.com/d1Opjd
  • JakeBC, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I met a woman once who had surgery done through her belly button. When they were done they stitched it up leaving her with - no belly button! Very strange to see a person with no belly button.
  • socokoolaid, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1I pierced my belly button once with a safety pin and something similar happened.
  • jordan314, on 04/05/2009, -1/+1slurp
  • nword, on 04/05/2009, -0/+0I liked it the first time I watched it...


    when it was called The Matrix.
  • zyklon, on 04/05/2009, -2/+2This is moderately terrifying. First that tracker thing that Neo had stuck in his belly, and now a kidney? It's like it's going to evolve into a "do anything through here!" hole.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2009, -1/+1no, not better. it was the same story but involving a vagina in an atypical predicament.. unless by better you mean 'better for the patient'. then you and i just think in much different terms.
  • yourbrokenoven, on 04/05/2009, -1/+1Wow, a laproscopic nephrectomy. I'm impressed.
  • TexMexRex, on 04/05/2009, -4/+3When they do you can read about it here: http://www.bellybuttonbreastaugmentation.com/
  • ilovejoejonas50, on 04/05/2009, -5/+0thats very...unique and....nasty. lmao

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