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Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

Waleed A. Hasan and Mahmoud M. Al-Akraa
Saudi Medical Journal July 2005, 26 (7) 1051-1054;
Waleed A. Hasan
Department of Urology and Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, London, England. Tel. +44 (207) 7940505. E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
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Mahmoud M. Al-Akraa
Department of Urology and Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, London, England.
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With the number of patients presently awaiting renal transplantation exceeding the number of cadaveric organs available, there is an increasing reliance on live renal donation. Of the 11,869 renal transplants performed in 2002 in the US, 52.6% were living donors from the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry. Renal allografts from living donors provide: superior immediate long-term function; require less waiting time and are more cost-effective than those from cadaveric donors. However, anticipation of postoperative pain and temporary occupational disability may dissuade many potential donors. Additionally, some recipients hesitate to accept a living donor kidney due to suffering that would be endured by the donor. It is a unique medical situation when a young, completely healthy donor undergoes a major surgical procedure to provide an organ for transplantation. It is mandatory to offer a surgical technique, which is safe and with minimal complications. It is also obvious for any organ transplantation, that the integrity of the organ remain intact, thus, enabling its successful transplantation into the recipient. An acceptably short ischemia time and adequate lengths of ureter and renal vasculature are favored. Many centers are performing laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in an effort to ease convalescence of renal donors. This may encourage the consideration of live donation by recipients and potential donors.

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