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14611969

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Laparoscopic techniques, such as hand-assisted live donor nephrectomy (HALDN), have the potential to increase the number of living kidney donors. For these techniques to be acceptable, however, the standards for donor, recipient, and graft survival achieved by the open technique need to be matched. In this study we present the results of the first 20 HALDN procedures at our center. The 20 donors included nine men and 11 women of mean (+/-SD) donor age 41 (+/-10) years and mean donor weight 78 (+/-13) kg. Mean operative time was 174 (+/-32) minutes. Only one patient required an open conversion to procedure because of venous bleeding. All kidneys were successfully implanted; there were no episodes of primary nonfunction or delayed graft function. There were no surgical complications, either in the donor or the recipient. The range of postoperative stay was 3 to 5 days. One recipient died 62 days after transplant from influenza virus pneumonia. There were no other causes of graft loss. Our preliminary results suggest that HALDN is safe and is associated with short-term donor, recipient, and graft outcomes that are at least comparable to the standard open technique.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2403-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Laparoscopic hand-assisted living donor nephrectomy: the Calgary experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. anastasio.salazar@calgaryhealthregion.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article