Recovery of Short-term Renal Function in Post-transplant Patients Living Donor

The surgical technique for open nephrectomy consists of placing the donor in the lateral decubitus position and making an incision with or without rib resection that allows retroperitoneal access.

The hand-assisted technique begins with the incision for the introduction port of the hand, the renal artery and vein are divided using endoscopic staples and the graft is manually removed.

In the pure laparoscopic technique the patient is placed in the same position of lateral decubitus and after introducing the trocars in the abdomen, the colon is mobilized and the renal capsule is divided, the kidney is removed after performing the cut of the renal artery and vein through a suprapubic incision.