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ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2026

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation in living and deceased donors: a six-year experience.

Hafiz Umair Siddiqui, Dylan Isaacson, Sami Shoucair, Wei Wu, Venkatesh Krishnamurthi, Yi-Chia Lin, Alvin Wee, Jihad Kaouk, Mohamed Eltemamy

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Hafiz Umair SiddiquiDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Dylan IsaacsonDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Sami ShoucairDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Wei WuDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Venkatesh KrishnamurthiDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Yi-Chia LinDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Alvin WeeDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Jihad KaoukDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA.
Mohamed EltemamyDepartment of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA-23, OH, 44195-3733, Cleveland, USA. eltemam@ccf.org.

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Abstract

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) is increasingly adopted, but reports describing large-volume programs with predominantly deceased-donor transplantation, increasing procedural complexity, and experience across both single-port (SP) and multiport (MP) robotic platforms remain limited. In this retrospective, single-center study, we reviewed a prospectively maintained registry of patients who underwent RAKT between October 2019 and December 2025 and evaluated perioperative, postoperative, and allograft outcomes. A total of 228 patients underwent RAKT, including 125 (54.8%) deceased-donor kidney transplants (DDKT) and 103 (45.2%) living-donor kidney transplants (LDKT). SP and MP platforms were utilized in 30.7% and 69.3% of cases, respectively. Six patients received dual-kidney transplants and four underwent simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation. Annual case volume increased from one procedure in 2019 to 115 procedures in 2025. Median operative times were 3 h 38 min for DDKT and 4 h 6 min for LDKT, with median vascular anastomosis times of 44 and 40 min, respectively. Conversion to open surgery occurred in one patient (0.4%). Median length of stay was four days for DDKT and two days for LDKT. Delayed graft function occurred in 30.4% of DDKT recipients and 4.8% of LDKT recipients; among the 121 recipients with available one-year serum creatinine, median one-year serum creatinine was 1.49 mg/dL and 1.37 mg/dL, respectively. Graft-loss occurred in two DDKT recipients (1.6%) and one LDKT recipient (0.9%), while three deaths (2.4%) occurred after DDKT and one death (0.9%) after LDKT. In this large single-center experience, RAKT was associated with low conversion rates, favorable perioperative outcomes, and good one-year graft function despite increasing procedural complexity, supporting its continued expansion in appropriately selected patients.

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Kidney TransplantationLiving DonorsRobotic Surgical ProceduresTissue DonorsAdultFemaleGraft SurvivalHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOperative TimeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeDeceased donorLiving donorMulti-port Robotic TransplantOpen surgeryPerioperative outcomesRAKTRobot-Assisted Kidney transplantationRobotic SurgerySingle-Port Robotic Transplant

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PMCPMC13461752

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