Living donor hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy in a healthy individual with situs inversus totalis: no need to turn down the donor

Stan Benjamens*, Tamar Alice Johanne van den Berg, Johan Frédéric Michel Lange, Robert Alexander Pol

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Abstract

A 70-year-old healthy male individual offered to undergo a living donor hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy to enable kidney transplantation for a close relative. As required for all living transplant donor candidates, extensive screening was performed to exclude potential contraindications for donation. Tests revealed a situs inversus totalis, meaning a complete transposition of the thoracic and abdominal organs in the sagittal plane. As other contraindications for living kidney donation were absent, the feasibility of this procedure was determined multidisciplinary. A successful donation procedure was performed without surgical complications for the donor and good short-term transplant outcomes. In line with current developments that have resulted in more liberal criteria for potential living kidney donors, major anatomical deviations should not automatically be a contraindication. With multidisciplinary efforts and thorough surgical preparation at a high-volume transplant centre, this procedure is feasible and safe.

Original languageEnglish
Article number233523
Number of pages4
JournalBMJ Case Reports
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22-Jan-2020

Keywords

  • transplantation
  • surgery
  • renal medicine
  • renal transplantation
  • RENAL DONORS
  • KIDNEY
  • TRANSPLANTATION
  • OUTCOMES
  • PATIENT

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