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Update on laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant: a literature review
Authors He B , Hamdorf JM
Received 9 July 2013
Accepted for publication 27 July 2013
Published 9 September 2013 Volume 2013:5 Pages 33—39
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/TRRM.S50234
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Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Bulang He,1,2 Jeffrey M Hamdorf2
1Liver and Kidney Transplant Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; 2School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Aims: The aim of this paper was to review the current status of laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant and evaluate its feasibility and safety in comparison with conventional standard "open" kidney transplant.
Methods: An electronic search of PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library database was performed to identify the papers between January 1980 and June 2013 that reported on laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplantation. The terms "laparoscopic kidney/renal transplant" and "robotic kidney/renal transplant (transplantation)" were used. Cross-referencing was also used to find the further publications. Only English language reports were selected and accepted for descriptive analysis.
Results: A total of 17 papers and abstracts were retrieved. There were two case-control studies of small volume. High-level evidence comparing the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant with conventional open kidney transplant was not available at the time of this review.
Conclusion: The limited published data have suggested that laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant may offer the advantages of less pain, better cosmesis, possible shorter hospital stay, and fewer wound complications, without compromising graft function. Accordingly, some immunosuppressive agents, such as sirolimus, might be able to be commenced earlier, after laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant. The techniques are various at this early stage. A uniformed operative technique may be established in the near future. With refinement of laparoscopic devices, this technique may be widely employed. Further studies will be needed to demonstrate the advantages of laparoscopic/robotic kidney transplant over the conventional open kidney transplant.
Keywords: laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery
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