Robot-assisted <i>vs</i> hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in the United Kingdom: Equivalent outcomes in the first national series
In this first United Kingdom comparative cohort, RALDN demonstrated excellent safety and efficacy, even in the early phase of our programme, matching the outcomes of the well-established, gold-standard HALDN approach. Moreover, the pronounced learning-curve trajectory suggests considerable potential for further improvements in robotic surgical outcomes as the programme matures.
Authors
- Ioannis Loukopoulos
- Chrysanthos D. Christou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-8686)
- Savvas Antoniadis
- Martin Drage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-4750)
- Karel Decaestecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-940X)
- Nicos Kessaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-7003)
- Kiran Sran
- BEN CHALLACOMBE
- Rhana Zakri
- Avishek Majumder
- Jonathon Olsburgh
- Georgios Papadakis
- Chris Callaghan
Institutions
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Transplantation
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v16.i1.113075
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00