Review Article

Donor and Recipient Outcomes following Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Study characteristics.

AuthorYear of publicationStudy designSample size 
(n)
Study periodAge, years (mean) Male: FemaleLeft: RightTechniqueControl group(s)

Gorodner (n.v.a.) [8]2006Retrospective1482000-20053574:74148:0RALDN-

Gorodner (v.a.) [8]2006Retrospective612000-20053527:3461:0RALDN-

Renoult [7]2006Retrospective132002-200439.33:1012:1RALDNODN

Hubert [6]2007Prospective382002-20064315:2337:1RALDN-

Horgan [3]2007Prospective2142000-200636110:104214:0Hand Assisted RALDN-

Pietrabissa [9]2010Case report12010480:11:0RALDN with transvaginal extraction of the kidney-

Geffner [10]2011Retrospective352007-200844.514:2135:0RALDNLDN

Kaouk [11]2012Case report12012610:11:0Transvaginal hybrid natural orifice transluminal robotic donor nephrectomy-

Galvani [2]2012Case report12012210:11:0SIRA-

Liu [1]2012Retrospective52005-201134.8n.r.0:5RALDNLDN

Cohen: Initial 20 cases [5]2015Retrospective202009-201036.1n.r.20:0RALDNHA-LDN

Cohen: Last 80 cases [5]2015Retrospective802010-201237.7n.r.59:21RALDNHA-LDN

Bhattu [12]2015Randomized controlled152014-201546.42:136:9RALDNLDN

Serrano [4]2016Retrospective942004-20144036:5888:6RALDNODN, HA-LDN, LDN

Janki [13]2016Prospective592009-201453.023:3659:0RALDNLDN, HARP

Heredia [14]2016Case report12016340:10:1Hand assisted RALDN-

Giacomoni [15]2017Retrospective982009-20165329:6988:10RALDN-

Yang [16]2017Retrospective222011-201638.212:1020:2RALDNLDN

Lamattina [17]2018Prospective32015520:33:0Single-site robotic surgery-

Barman [18]2018Case report12018301:01:0-

HA-LDN: Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, HARP: Hand Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, LDN: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, ODN: Open Donor Nephrectomy, n.r.: not reported, n.v.a.: normal vascular anatomy, SIRA: Single incision robotic assisted donor nephrectomy, and v.a.: vascular anomalies.