Robotic-Assisted vs Open Kidney Transplantation: The Pros and Cons

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66990login-checkRobotic-Assisted vs Open Kidney Transplantation: The Pros and Cons

By Natasha Persaud

A panel of 3 transplant surgeons who are urologists debated the pros and cons of an open vs robotic-assisted approach to kidney transplantation at the American Urological Association’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.1

Moderator Nicholas Cowan, MD, of Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, stated that the first robotic-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) was performed in 2010 in the United States, whereas open kidney transplantation (OKT) has been performed since the 1950s. Read more in Renal & Urology News.

669920login-checkRobotic-Assisted vs Open Kidney Transplantation: The Pros and Cons
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