Mayo Clinic announces milestone with its first robotic pancreas-kidney transplant

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Mayo Clinic is using a new weapon in the fight against diabetes-related kidney failure. About 40 million people in the U.S. are living with diabetes. Most are able to manage the condition with medication and lifestyle changes. But in some cases, diabetes can lead to more serious problems, including chronic kidney disease, even kidney failure, leaving patients with only one option – a pancreas-kidney transplant. The transplant has been performed for decades, but now, surgeons at Mayo Clinic are