John Nicholas, 28, was awake during his kidney transplant procedure, performed on May 24 at Northwestern Medicine Hospital. See the details and photos, plus Dr. Marc Siegel's input.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- For the first time, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have completed a kidney transplant during which the patient was awake the whole time. The surgery took place back on May 24 ...

A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure.. John Nicholas ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a kidney transplant that he was awake for. John Nicholas, 28, had been experiencing kidney issues for over ...

Less than a day after the surgery, the Chicago-based man was ... A 63-year-old man in the United Kingdom received a kidney transplant while awake in 2010. And surgeons in India have performed ...

A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure. John Nicholas, 28, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 74-year-old Zion man is celebrating a new lease on life after he underwent a kidney transplant while he was still awake. Harry Stackhouse, a father of six and grandfather to 17 ...

A 28-year-old man from Chicago just managed to buck both of those trends by receiving a kidney transplant while awake and being discharged from hospital the very next day. The case, a first for ...

It seemed like a “no-brainer,” Nicholas said about participating in Northwestern’s first awake kidney transplant. He said his recovery has gone “extremely well” and is satisfied with his ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- For the first time, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have completed a kidney transplant during which the patient was awake the whole time. The surgery took place back on May 24 ...

Kidney transplants are not ... organ in the U.S. — but a Chicago man recently received his in a highly unusual way. John Nicholas, 28, was awake during the entire procedure, which was performed ...

A 63-year-old man in the United Kingdom received a kidney transplant while awake in 2010. And surgeons in India have performed this technique on more than 40 patients over a four month period in ...