Mayo Clinic announces milestone with its first robotic pancreas kidney transplant

Mayo Clinic announces milestone with its first robotic pancreas kidney transplant Mayo Clinic is using new technology to help with 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, type 1 or type 2, can lead to more serious problems, including chronic kidney disease, even kidney failure, leaving patients with only one option a pancreas-kidney transplant. Steve Canzoneri shares his life-changing story of becoming Mayo's first patient to undergo a robotic pancreas-kidney transplant.