Living donor nephrectomy

Abstract

The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and the clinical status of each patient. Living donor nephrectomy can be carried out through conventional open access, mini-incision, laparoscopy, assisted by robotics, single-site (LESS), or natural orifices (NOTES). The purpose of this guideline is to present the doctors, specialists and healthcare establishments with the prominent evidence available on the best technique for living donor nephrectomy. For this, a systematic review of the literature was performed, without period restriction, in the Medline database, retrieving 322 papers, of which 28 were selected to respond to clinical doubt. The details about the methodology and the results are set out in Appendix I.