title: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in patients surgically treated for morbid obesity.
abstract: In the past, morbid obesity was considered a relative contraindication to renal donation; however, more recent publications have shown that laparoscopic renal surgery is safe and effective for obese donor nephrectomy. We report the performance of a bariatric surgery before the kidney donation in 2 patients in order to improve their medical condition and to reduce their surgical risk to the transplantation procedure. After bariatric surgery, both donors lost more than 30% of their initial corporal weight and their donation procedure was successfully performed, with uneventful postoperative courses.
authors.affiliation: Section of Urology and General Surgery, Cruz Vermelha Hospital, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. anibal@awbranco.com.br
authors.forename: Anibal W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: Alcides J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Branco Filho
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D015431:Weight Loss