![]() ![]() Minimization of any potential risk factors thus maximizing donor safety is even more highest priority ( 9). Unlike in other surgical interventions, living kidney donation involves healthy altruistic individuals, who are willing to undergo major surgery for the wellbeing of another human being. In this context, robotic assisted nephrectomy for living kidney donation has become a well-established procedure, competing for supremacy with laparoscopic and hand assisted minimally invasive approaches ( 7, 8). This evolution was fueled by the fact that minimally invasive operative techniques generate significant patients’ benefits such as reduction in postoperative pain, decreased length of hospital stay, better cosmetic results and lower morbidity rates ( 4- 6). Minimally invasive surgical techniques have substantially contributed to the future development of transplant programs and among others significantly increased the number of potential living donors ( 2, 3). ![]() Nephrectomy for living kidney donation has been performed laparoscopically for more than two decades ( 1). ![]()
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