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ArticleCurrent transplantation reports2025

Non-invasive approaches to living donor nephrectomy: Best practices and innovations.

Ruchin Patel, Vidya A Fleetwood, Subarna Bhusal, Chintalapati Varma, Krista L Lentine, Chandra Bhati

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Article in Current transplantation reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ruchin PatelDivision of Transplantation, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Vidya A FleetwoodSSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Transplant Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7655-9375
Subarna BhusalDivision of Transplantation, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Chintalapati VarmaSSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Transplant Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0174-2511
Krista L LentineSSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Transplant Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9423-4849
Chandra BhatiDivision of Transplantation, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4333-5551

Funding

Living Donor Extended Time Outcomes (LETO) StudyR01DK120551 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HSU, CHI-YUAN, LENTINE, KRISTA L · 2019 to 2023
$3.9M
Choosing Immune Suppression in Renal Transplantation by Efficacy and Morbidity2 (CISTEM2)R01DK139339 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI David Adam Axelrod, Vikas R. Dharnidharka · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120551NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK139339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of review: Living donor nephrectomy is a cornerstone of kidney transplantation. Minimally invasive approaches offer reduced morbidity and faster recovery over open techniques. The purpose of this review is to elucidate recent advances and best practices in minimally invasive living donor nephrectomy procedures. Recent Findings: Although robotic living donor nephrectomies have longer operative and warm ischemia times compared to the open and laparoscopic techniques, early and late graft function including graft survival are comparable in the open, robotic and laparoscopic groups. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are increasingly being used to improve perioperative outcomes. Summary: This review focuses on the innovation of minimally invasive approaches to living donor nephrectomy over time and highlights the best practices during donor selection and the choice of surgical technique.

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Kidney donationLiving donationRobotic surgery

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PMID41050393
PMCPMC12490746

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