title: Laparoscopic en bloc kidney transplantation.
abstract: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is well establish procedure and having advantages over open donor nephrectomy in terms of having less pain, early ambulation and rapid post operative recovery. To extend the advantages of laparoscopic surgery to the recipient, recently we have performed laparoscopic kidney transplantations when kidney was procured from deceased donors. As a further extension of the procedure, here we present a case of laparoscopic en bloc kidney transplantation in obese diabetic recipient who received kidneys from 70 year old non-heart beating donor.
authors.affiliation: Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Pranjal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Krishnaprasad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thyagaraj
authors.forename: Syed Jamal
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Jigish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Sukant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padhi
authors.forename: Kamlesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel