Re: Robot-Assisted Renal Transplantation in the Retroperitoneum

Robot assisted kidney transplantation

However, there are technical difficulties in performing a laparoscopic operation in transplant recipients. Using a robotic system to help in the operation may allow us to overcome these problems, and perform a less invasive procedure. The operation is likely to be longer than a conventional transplant, taking around three hours on average, compared with two and a half hours for traditional open...

USING THE INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY FOR THE THIRD RENAL RE-TRANSPLANTATION: A CASE REPORT

A 32 year old man underwent renal transplantation for the third time. This procedure was performed in December 1994, using the kidney of a living unrelated donor. The first transplanted kidney remained in the body after rejection but the second one was removed due to trauma. End-to-end anastomosis of the renal artery to the inferior mesenteric artery was performed and the ureter was reimpl...

role of renal re-transplantation in esrd patients

Total Preperitoneal Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation

To date, kidney transplant recipients have always undergone open surgery. The type and length of the wound vary, but most commonly, a modified Gibson's incision is made in the lower abdomen for the transplantation. Risk factors for wound complications are well defined in general surgery literature. The laparoscopic kidney transplantation (LKT) technique has been developed recently, and several ...

Posterior/anterior distribution of radiolabel on lateral renal images: Possible use in studying the retroperitoneum

At 30 minutes after intravenous administration of the glomerular renal agent TC-99m-DTPA, both right and left lateral views were obtained. We analyzed the ratio of optical densities (behind the ureter/In front of the ureter). In patients without gross renal failure or retroperitoneal disease, the ratio was always less than 1 (range 0.38 to 0.95, mean 0.68). This represents greater perfusi...