MEDtube Science 2014 - Minimally invasive donor nephrectomy for transplantation – review of surgical management

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A Kidney transplantation from a living donor is the best method of a renal replacement therapy. There are new, less invasive surgical techniques, which include videoscopic methods such as laparoscopy, retroperitoneoscopy with their modifications i.e. hand-assisted videoscopy, SILS, NOTES and robotic surgery. Videoscopy and robotic surgery are classified as minimally invasive techniques and are the future of kidney transplant surgery.

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