Kidney Transplantation in the Obese Recipient Randall S. Sung DEFINITION Kidney transplantation is the preferred method of renal replacement therapy for obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).1 Compared to…
Transplantation of Pediatric En Bloc Kidneys Christoph Troppmann Richard V. Perez DEFINITION Pediatric en bloc kidney transplantation is defined as the transplantation of both kidneys from a pediatric deceased donor…
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Peter L. Abt DEFINITION Kidney transplantation is the preferred method of renal replacement therapy in children. Compared to dialysis, advantages of kidney transplant include prolonged survival, restitution…
Kidney Transplantation with Complex Arterial Anatomy Carlton J. Young DEFINITION Live donor or deceased donor renal transplantation can be complicated by complex arterial anatomy. This complex anatomy can be the…
Fully Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Bonnie E. Lonze Dorry L. Segev DEFINITION Donor nephrectomy is defined as the en bloc removal of a native kidney, its renal artery and vein, and…
Adult Kidney Transplantation Marc L. Melcher Elyssa J. Feinberg DEFINITION Kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease. The artery and vein from either a live or a…
Open Retroperitoneal Nephrectomy Leigh Anne Dageforde Derek E. Moore DEFINITION Open donor nephrectomy is performed to recover a kidney for living donor kidney transplantation with minimal injury and risk to…
Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy Kenneth J. Woodside DEFINITION Laparoscopic hand-assisted donor nephrectomy is defined as the removal of either the left or the right kidney from a voluntary kidney donor…
Renal Machine Perfusion and Preimplantation Renal Allograft Biopsy Michael J. Goldstein Yuriy Yushkov RENAL MACHINE PERFUSION Definition The process of placing a donated kidney on a machine designed to perfuse…
Standard Deceased Donor Kidney Procurement Christie W. Gooden DEFINITIONS In the case of deceased donor kidney procurements, often the surgeon who will be transplanting the organ is not the surgeon…
