We all know that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but surgeons at John Hopkins University Medical School have demonstrated that the way to a woman's kidney may be through her vagina. The pioneering surgery, carried out on a 48 year-old woman for the purpose of organ donation, is much less painful and invasive than traditional surgery, and results in three tiny pea-sized scars rather than the normal six--inch scar. The team hopes it will encourage more women to donate a kidney stating: "An organ donor, in particular, is most deserving of a scar-free, minimally invasive and pain-free procedure."
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The reason it is interesting, is that it is unexpected, to me
at least. I'm always curious when it turns out that something
known to affect one bodily system turns out to have an effect somewhere
else.
Hank Fox is starting one of those memes: this one asks us to tell the story of a scar.
Tell the story of a (non-surgical) scar you have somewhere on your body. Answer and tag three other bloggers.
You might be familiar with tissue regeneration in amphibians and reptiles where limbs can be fully regenerated following an injury.
If I donate a kidney I at least want a cool scar to show for it!
It's kinda rough on guys though. Going in through the penis is a really tricky procedure....
But ... the ladies really dig scars.
If the ladies dig scars, do they also dig blindness? or other disabilities?
we are nothing without ladies :)
Eesh. I mean, ack. Woah. Shudder. Clench.
I know I know, per vagina surgery is supposedly better in every way, but I would still SOONER DIE.