Retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy: Review of the first 50 cases at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy: review of the first 50 cases at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
BACKGROUND Changing from an open to a laparoscopic live renal donor programme poses challenges and may affect donor and graft outcomes. OBJECTIVES To evaluate donor safety and graft outcomes for the first 50 retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomies performed at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS The procedures were performed by a single surgeon from 8 April 2008 to 3 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2078-5151,0038-2361
DOI: 10.7196/sajs.2080