Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in patients surgically treated for morbid obesity
Int. braz. j. urol
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33(3): 377-379, May-June 2007. ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
In the past, morbid obesity was considered a relative contraindication to renal donation; however, more recent publications have shown that laparoscopic renal surgery is safe and effective for obese donor nephrectomy. We report the performance of a bariatric surgery before the kidney donation in 2 patients in order to improve their medical condition and to reduce their surgical risk to the transplantation procedure. After bariatric surgery, both donors lost more than 30 percent of their initial corporal weight and their donation procedure was successfully performed, with uneventful postoperative courses.
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Main subject:
Obesity, Morbid
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Living Donors
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Tissue and Organ Harvesting
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Bariatric Surgery
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Kidney
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Nephrectomy
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Int. braz. j. urol
Journal subject:
Urology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Cruz Vermelha Hospital/BR
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