Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in patients surgically treated for morbid obesity

AUTOR(ES)

Branco, Anibal W., Branco Filho, Alcides J., Kondo, William

FONTE

International braz j urol

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007-06

RESUMO

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% of their initial corporal weight and their donation procedure was successfully performed, with uneventful postoperative courses.

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