title: Comparison between laparoscopic and subcostal mini-incision for live donor nephrectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare the results of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with open donor nephrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A non-randomized prospective analysis was conducted of living donor kidney transplantations (118 open donor nephrectomies; 57 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies) between January 2005 and December 2007 in the Kidney Transplantation Unit of Hospital das Clínicas of Faculdade de Medicina of the Universidade de São Paulo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean donor operative time, mean donor hospital stay, mean postoperative creatinine values, and rates of complications and graft survival were similar for both groups. A significant statistical difference in warm ischemia time was observed between the open donor nephrectomy and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy groups (p < 0.001). There was only one conversion in the laparoscopic donor nephrectomy group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is a safe procedure for a donor nephrectomy, comparable to an open procedure with similar results despite a longer warm ischemia time.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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authors.lastname: David Neto
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, BR.
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