Open AccessIncreased Rates of Donation With Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Author(s) -
Eugene J. Schweitzer,
Jessica S. Wilson,
Stephen C. Jacobs,
Carol Machan,
Benjamin Philosophe,
Alan C. Farney,
John O. Colonna,
Bruce E. Jarrell,
Stephen T. Bartlett
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200009000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , donation , transplantation , surgery , volunteer , population , kidney transplantation , organ donation , kidney , environmental health , agronomy , economics , biology , economic growth
To examine the impact of laparoscopic nephrectomy and recipient education on the proportion of kidney recipients who could identify a potential live donor, and on the live donor (LD) transplantation rate.