title: Laparoscopic Transplantation Following Transvaginal Insertion of the Kidney: Description of Technique and Outcome.
abstract: Laparoscopic kidney transplantation (LKT) is well accepted modality of treatment for ESRD patients at our center. Usually, the kidney is inserted through small Pfannenstiel incision. With the permission of the Internal Review Board, we carried out LKT in eight female recipients following insertion of the kidney through the vagina. The kidney was procured by the retroperitoneoscopic approach. Antibiotic prophylaxis was given. All cases were carried out successfully with immediate graft function and 100% graft and patient survival at 1 year of follow-up. Estimated glomerular filtration rate at 1 month and 1 year was similar to eight randomly selected female recipients who underwent open kidney transplantation (OKT). No analgesia was required in seven out of eight patients after the 3rd postoperative day. In summary, vaginal insertion of kidney and LKT is safe and feasible in a selected group of patients. It is associated with better analgesia and has similar allograft function as compare to OKT.
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Modi
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Pal
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Modi
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Saifee
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Nagraj
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Qadri
authors: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sharmah
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Agrawal
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Modi
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Shah
authors: Department of Nephrology, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Kute
authors: Department of Nephrology, Smt. G R Doshi and Smt. K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Trivedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000401:mortality*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: bacterial; clinical research / practice; infection and infectious agents; infectious disease; kidney transplantation / nephrology; minimally invasive surgery; obstetrics and gynecology