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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;57(1):164-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.06.035. Epub 2009 Jul 5.

Laparoscopic kidney transplantation

Antonio Rosales  1 , José T Salvador, Guillermo Urdaneta, Dyler Patiño, María Montlleó, Salvador Esquena, Jorge Caffaratti, Javier Ponce de León, Luis Guirado, Humberto Villavicencio
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Laparoscopic kidney transplantation

Antonio Rosales et al. Eur Urol. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

We present the details of the first laparoscopic transplantation of a kidney from a living, related donor, performed April 16, 2009. Surgical and functional results were acceptable. Surgical time was 240 min (53 min for vascular suture), with blood loss of 300 cm(3) and a hospital stay of 14 d. Serum creatinine at discharge was 73 mmol/l. Laparoscopic kidney transplantation is a complex technique that requires previous experience in vascular and laparoscopic surgery. As with all novel procedures, technical modifications will be required to formalize its use and detailed comparisons will need to be made with standard procedures.

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