A laboratory training and evaluation technique for robot assisted ex vivo kidney transplantation.
The technique of kidney transplantation has been well established. The operation is typically performed through a lower quadrant muscle cutting incision. With advances in robotic technology, many procedures are now being performed using the robot. This article describes a simple model of ex-vivo kidney transplantation using the robotic technique. This is a good training model and could be applied in select group of patients in the clinical setting.
Center for Future of Surgery and Section of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, CA, USA. akhanna@mail.ucsd.edu.
Ajai
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Khanna
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Horgan
D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008348:Manikins; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*