Open AccessOpen and Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Activity and Outcomes From all Australasian Transplant Centers
Author(s) -
Nicholas R. Brook,
Norma Gibbons,
David Nicol,
Stephen P. McDonald
Publication year - 2010
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/tp.0b013e3181dd35a0
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , surgery , live donor , dialysis , incidence (geometry) , donation , kidney transplantation , transplantation , laparoscopy , kidney , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LapDN) has been widely adopted despite a lack of randomized trials comparing recipient outcomes with open surgery. Review of registry data now seems the most realistic mechanism to compare outcomes. The Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry prospectively captures data on all renal transplants performed in Australia and New Zealand including long-term follow-up of recipients. AIM.: To compare graft outcomes among recipient of kidneys from donors undergoing nephrectomy using open and laparoscopic techniques, through analysis of the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry after the introduction of laparoscopic donor surgery in Australia and New Zealand in 1997.