ReviewNature reviews. Urology2024
Robotic kidney transplantation.
Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- Learning curves and training in robotic organ transplantation: bibliometric mapping with kidney transplantation as the principal clinical model.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Beyond living donation: robot-assisted kidney transplantation using deceased-donor grafts-a scoping review of selection, ischaemia logistics, and allograft outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Beyond rewarming time: graft thermometry and cooling technologies in robot-assisted kidney transplantation-a scoping review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted kidney transplantation in obese recipients: wound-risk reduction, graft safety, and access implications.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Tiki2 restrains Wnt5a/Ror signaling to limit inflammation in acute kidney injury.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Robotic training in transplant surgery fellowship: shaping the next generation of transplant surgeons.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Living-donor kidney transplantation: comparison of robotic-assisted versus conventional open technique in obese recipients.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- The road to 100: single center experience with the first 100 consecutive robotic kidney transplants.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Global trends and hotspots in robot-assisted kidney transplantation: A bibliometric and visualization analysis based on CiteSpace.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- A pharmacovigilance study of sirolimus-associated adverse events in organ transplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Microbiota-gut-kidney axis in health and renal disease.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Gut microbial-derived metabolites: key players in kidney disease and renal fibrosis.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Robot-assisted vs open kidney transplantation from deceased donors.BJU international · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Donor: The European Experience.European urology open science · 2025Article
- Kidney and Bladder Transplantation: Advances, Barriers, and Emerging Solutions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Immune Landscape in Kidney Transplantation.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Review
- The Start of a Robotic Kidney Transplant Program: Institutional Step-by-Step Technique.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyArticle
- Robot-assisted third kidney transplantation in a patient with exhausted iliac fossae: A case report.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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15 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
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. Since 2014, when the RAKT technique was standardized thanks to the pioneering collaboration between the Vattikuti Urology Institute and the Medanta hospital (Vattikuti Urology Institute-Medanta), several centres worldwide implemented RAKT programmes, providing interesting results regarding the safety and feasibility of this procedure. However, RAKT is still considered an alternative procedure to be offered mainly in the living donor setting, owing to various possible drawbacks such as prolonged rewarming time, demanding learning curve, and difficulties in carrying out this procedure in challenging scenarios (such as patients with obesity, severe atherosclerosis of the iliac vessels, deceased donor setting, or paediatric recipients). Nevertheless, the refinement of robotic platforms through the implementation of novel technologies as well as the encouraging results from multicentre collaborations under the umbrella of the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section are currently expanding the boundaries of RAKT, making this surgical procedure a real alternative to the open approach.
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