Kidneys from live donors are considered more likely to be successful in treating endstage renal disease than those from cadaver donors. The standard technique for retrieving kidneys from live donors ...

We performed a MedLine search for peer-reviewed studies, published from January 2000- December 2013, on the RRN for RCC. The keywords used were "robotic radical nephrectomy", "robot-assisted ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic live donor simple nephrectomy appears adequate to support the use of this procedure, provided that the normal arrangements are in place for ...