A comparison of technique modifications in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Minimally invasive nephrectomy in a living donor is described as a surgical modality that uses the classic laparoscopic technique combined or not to the application of the surgeon

We describe our technique, and determine the safety and feasibility of robot assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy based on our initial experience.. Materials and Methods:

Bollens R, Mikhaski D, Espinoza BP, Rosenblatt A, Hoang AD, Abramowicz D, et al.: Laparoscopic live donor right nephrectomy: a new technique to maximize the length of the renal

Despite the limitations of this systematic review (e.g., few randomized clinical trials, low methodological quality of many of the included studies and the absence of

Methods: A non-randomized prospective analysis was conducted of living donor kidney transplantations (118 open donor nephrectomies; 57 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies) between

CONCLUSIONS: Pure laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy had some advantages over hand-assisted laparoscopic donor neph- rectomy in terms of the warm ischemia time, time to first

This study consists in a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials to as- sess the use of Omega 3 fatty acids for the treat- ment of hypertriglyceridemia

Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials involving patients with stable, moderate to severe COPD according to the Global Initiative