RETROPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY OF NATIVE KIDNEYS IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Abstract

The retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach for nephrectomy is as safe and effective in renal transplant recipients as in other patients. Postoperative stay and delay to resumption of oral immunotherapy are short. This approach has become our first-line approach for native nephrectomy in transplant recipients.