224
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2015
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy performed via a standard 4-port distribution. Control of the hilar vessels is performed using extra-large Hem-o-Lok clips (Weck- Covidien, Research Triangle Park, NC) and graft extraction is performed via a pre-prepared Pfannenstiel incision
Open donor nephrectomy
Open donor nephrectomy performed via a supracostal incision above the 11th rib and an extra-pleural extra-peritoneal approach was adopted
Mansoura University
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