Open AccessRobotic assisted kidney transplantation
Author(s) -
Pranjal Modi,
Bipin Chandra Pal,
Jayesh Modi,
Suresh Kumar,
Akshay Sood,
Mani Me
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.135669
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney transplantation , standard of care , gold standard (test) , kidney , surgery , artificial kidney , open surgery , invasive surgery , urology
Kidney transplantation is the standard of care for patients with end stage renal disease. While open surgery remains the gold standard, minimally invasive surgery has recently been introduced for the recipient undergoing kidney transplantation. We review the evolution of techniques of minimally invasive surgery for kidney transplantation with specific emphasis on technical aspects of robotic assisted kidney transplantation.