title: [Living donor kidney transplantation: a surgical procedure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this paper is to review the various surgical techniques for living donor kidney transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We perform a bibliographic review adding our experience in living kidney transplantation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present various techniques indicating which one is the most appropriate for each case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We should promote living door kidney transplantation if we want to increase the number of transplants performed. It is a complex transplant because the graft lacks of vascular patches; there are various surgical techniques that we can choose depending on the case.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clinico de Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez del Pozo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Truán Cacho
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco de Castro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*