Open AccessSHOULD THE INDICATIONS FOR LAPARASCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY BE THE SAME AS FOR THE OPEN PROCEDURE? ANOMALOUS LEFT RENAL VASCULATURE IS NOT A CONTRAINDICATION TO LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT DONOR NEPHRECTOMY1
Author(s) -
Aloke K. Mandal,
Charles D. Cohen,
Robert A. Montgomery,
Louis R. Kavoussi,
Lloyd E. Ratner
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200103150-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , nephrectomy , contraindication , inferior vena cava , kidney , renal vein , vein , kidney transplantation , transplantation , alternative medicine , pathology
The left kidney is preferred for live donation. In open live donor nephrectomy, the right kidney is selected if the left kidney has multiple renal arteries or anomalous venous drainage. With laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LLDN), there is reluctance to procure the right kidney because of the more difficult exposure and further shortening of the right renal vein (RRV) after a stapled transection. An experience with LLDN is reviewed to determine whether the right kidney should be procured laparoscopically.