Astounding medical ameliorate.!!! Here's the UK's first ever keyhole kidney transplant operation

A former soldier has become the first person in Britain to undergo a pioneering keyhole kidney transplant. 
Brian Blanchard, 51, who had been suffering from kidney failure, was facing a lifetime of dialysis treatment until surgeons carried out operations last month that featured two breakthroughs in keyhole surgery techniques
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In the first, the organ – donated by Brian’s sister Pam Morphett – was removed through her groin rather than her abdomen, leaving her with a far less visible scar.

In the second, the kidney was inserted through an incision in Brian’s abdomen measuring just two and a half inches. Previously, a ten-inch opening would have been needed for the operation.
Surgeons say the new techniques pave the way for safer transplant operations, and to patients recovering more quickly.

Brian, from New Brighton, Merseyside, who now runs an engineering company owner, says he is proud to be the UK’s first patient for this procedure. 
‘The surgeon told me it would mean less pain and a quicker recovery,’ he says. 
‘To be honest, I was just delighted that my sister turned out to be a tissue and blood type match so was able to help. My scar is already barely visible – I’m amazed how they managed to insert the kidney through such a small hole. It’s only three weeks since the operation, and I’m already out walking the dog.’
His sister, 57, also from New Brighton, who is married with two grown-up children, was happy to spare Brian dialysis treatment but also delighted with her inconspicuous scar. 
‘I’m not vain, but the surgeon’s done a lovely job,’ she says. ‘The scar won’t be visible even when I’m in a swimming costume.’
The developments were made possible after surgeons at one of Britain’s largest kidney transplant units, at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, were given a masterclass in keyhole transplantation by Professor Pranjal Modi, visiting from India.
Prof Modi first developed a minimally invasive transplant in 2010 – a ‘scarless’ laparoscopic removal of the kidney through the belly button – and he has since carried out 172 at his hospital in Ahmedabad, northern India. 
But until last month, the procedure had not been performed anywhere else in the world. Prof Modi also perfected the skill of taking a donor organ out via the groin instead of higher up.
Both techniques are intended to boost recovery by reducing post-operative pain and the risk of infection, leading to patients leaving hospital sooner.
Sanjay Mehra, the transplant surgeon who brought Prof Modi to the UK, says: ‘The idea is to make a transplant a smaller and safer operation because we are working through a much smaller incision.dailymail