Open AccessRobotic renal transplantation: Current status
Author(s) -
Akshay Sood,
Prasun Ghosh,
Mani Me,
Wooju Jeong,
Mahendra Bhandari,
Rajesh Ahlawat
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.147683
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney transplantation , surgery , cosmesis , complication , robotic surgery
Kidney transplantation (KT) has traditionally been performed by open renal transplantation, but recently, a few groups including our own have described a minimally invasive approach to KT. We aim to discuss the current status of robotic kidney transplantation (RKT) and describe our technique of RKT with regional hypothermia.