Mireia Musquera, Lluis Peri, Maurizio D'Anna, Tarek Ajami, Maria José Ribal, Antoni Vilaseca, Ignacio Revuelta, Ricardo Álvarez-Vijande, Ana Palacios, Fritz Diekmann, Conchita Monsalve, Beatriz Tena, Laura Izquierdo, Raul Martos, David Paredes, Joan Beltran, Federico Oppenheimer, Antonio Alcaraz
INTRODUCTION: The transperitoneal laparoscopic approach is considered the gold standard technique for living kidney donation. Other accepted laparoscopic techniques include the retroperitoneal approach, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)-assisted, laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS), with excellent results in the donor and graft. Many studies have compared these techniques with open ones. Our objective is to describe our experience and results in minimally invasive living-donor nephrectomies (MILDN): laparoscopic, NOTES-assisted, and LESS since their introduction in March 2002...
March 2022: World Journal of Urology