Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy at a Nigerian Kidney Transplant Center

Kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease, with better survival rates. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, which is a surgical advancement from the open donor nephrectomy, was first performed in 1995 and was found to have a better cosmetic outcome, shorter hospitalization, with similar quality of allograft when compared to those harvested by open donor nephrectomy. We commenced laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in 2022 at Zenith Medical and Kidney Center, Abuja, Nigeria, and hereby present the case series of the three patients operated on so far. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is a welcomed surgical procedure with improved patient satisfaction after surgery and better cosmetic outcomes. Renal function after recipient surgery is also satisfactory.