title: Hand-assisted robotic right donor nephrectomy in patient with total situs inversus: A case report.
abstract: Total situs inversus" is an infrequent congenital condition. The robot has been already proved as a safe and attractive approach for living donor nephrectomies. We report here the first right donor nephrectomy in a patient with total situs inversus that is performed using the Da Vinci platform.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Illinois, Chicago 60612, United States. Electronic address: rgheredi@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Heredia
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Illinois, Chicago 60612, United States. Electronic address: raqgar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia-Roca
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Illinois, Chicago 60612, United States. Electronic address: enrico@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
keywords: Hand-assisted; Kidney; Living donor; Robotic nephrectomy; Situs inversus; Transplant