Transplantation Technologies & Research

Sahar Zomorrodi

Publications

• Research Article
  Does the Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Donor Leave the Hospital Early than the Open Nephrectomy Donor?
  Author(s): Afshar Zomorrodi, Alireza Farshi and Sahar ZomorrodiAfshar Zomorrodi, Alireza Farshi and Sahar Zomorrodi
  
  Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for chronic renal failure patient (CRF), because in this treatment the patient will have normal life and also it is more cost effective than other methods for treatment of CRF. One of the major problems with the kidney transplantation is shortage of the kidney donor. Besides deceased donor, live kidney donors (related and unrelated) are selected for solving the problem of kidney donor shortage. Two approaches are used for removing kidney from live donors including: open nephrectomy and laparoscopic nephrectomy. The short stay at hospital is mentioned as one of the advantages of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy that is a factor for increasing live donor volunteer. At our center, we studied the issue: how long is the time of hospital stay of the kidney donor who has been operated as open nephrectomy and is it different with that reported for la.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0991.1000114

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