Left Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Shoko Kimura, MD; Tatsuo Kawai, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Over the past decade, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has gradually replaced the conventional open approach and has become the standard of care in living donor kidney transplantations. Compared to open nephrectomy, laparoscopic nephrectomy reduces postoperative pain, shortens the length of hospital stay, and improves the cosmetic outcome. This article illustrates the author’s technique of pure laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
Here’s a limerick you may enjoy (and a link to our donor nephrectomy).
On the day of Saint Patty, you’ll opt
For a drink you’ll make sure is unslopped,
But if you do not slow,
You’ll now know where to go –
Where to watch an old kidney be swapped.
-Alexis Drake, Journal’s Occasional Metrist of Infirmary
Left Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD
Extraction of donor kidneys is transitioning from an open to a laparoscopic procedure. Professor of Surgery Dr. Tatsuo Kawai walks us through this minimally invasive technique.
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