Posted AT 1:37 PM EST on 17/07/08
Surgery by navel route
CLEVELAND — Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it.
The kidney was removed through a single incision in his navel, a surgical procedure Cleveland Clinic doctors say will reduce recovery time and leave almost no scarring.
“The actual incision point on me is so tiny I'm not getting any pain from it,” Mr. Kaster, 29, said Wednesday. “I can't even see it.
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