Giuseppe Basile, Alessio Pecoraro, Andrea Gallioli, Angelo Territo, Camille Berquin, Jorge Robalino, Alejandra Bravo, Jorge Huguet, Óscar Rodriguez-Faba, Pavel Gavrilov, Carmen Facundo, Lluis Guirado, Josep Maria Gaya, Joan Palou, Alberto Breda
Kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease owing to improved survival and quality of life compared with dialysis. The surgical approach to kidney transplantation has been somewhat stagnant in the past 50 years, with the open approach being the only available option. In this scenario, evidence of reduced surgery-related morbidity after the introduction of robotics into several surgical fields has induced surgeons to consider robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) as an alternative approach to these fragile and immunocompromised patients...
March 13, 2024: Nature Reviews. Urology