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HealthDay 24 June at 05.48 PM

In a Medical First, Kidney Transplant Is Performed With Regional Anesthesia Only

John Nicolas, a Chicago resident, has become the first person to receive a kidney transplant while awake, according to his doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.Instead of using the normal general anesthesia, doctors used a single spinal injection to anesthetize Nicolas while allowing him to remain alert."At one point during surgery