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All-in-one surgical approach is a safe and viable option for patients with polycystic kidney disease – News-Medical.Net
Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same time as their …
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 29 2020
Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same time as their transplant surgery. That is the finding of a Mayo Clinic study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation.
Mikel Prieto, M.D., a transplant surgeon and the study’s senior author, began offering this dual laparoscopic procedure to polycystic kidney disease patients six year…
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