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Troubleshooting in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

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Surgical complications are related to the learning curve of the surgeon and, in particular, the first 30 surgical cases, in which the rate of major complications reaches 30%. However, this rate decreases to 20% in the first 50 cases and 6% once the surgeon has performed 200–250 cases. It has been noted that surgeons with experience in previous laparoscopic surgery have no such associated rate of complications.

In this chapter, we discuss the complications associated with laproscopic donor nephrectomy. We focus on predisposing factors, risk reduction strategies for these in the pre, peri and postoperative period.

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    René Sotelo Noguera, Jorge E. Gomez Meza & Oscar D. Martin Garzón

  2. Clínica Cooperativa de Colombia, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia - Facultad de Medicina, Villavicencio, Colombia

    René Sotelo Noguera, Jorge E. Gomez Meza & Oscar D. Martin Garzón

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Noguera, R.S., Azhar, R.A., Meza, J.E.G., Garzón, O.D.M. (2017). Troubleshooting in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. In: Desai, M., Ganpule, A. (eds) Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2849-6_12

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