ArticleTransplantation direct2022
Robotic-assisted Versus Open Technique for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparison Using Propensity Score Matching for Intention to Treat.
Article in Transplantation direct, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative outcomes between open and robotic-assisted kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Access to robotic assisted kidney transplant for recipients: a systematic review and call for reporting standards.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review of techniques and devices used to avoid warm ischemia time injury during kidney transplantation.World journal of urology · 2023Pooled it
- Early Experience With Robotic Kidney Transplantation With Left-Sided Graft Implantation: Technical Considerations and Short-Term Outcomes.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026Article
- National comparison of outcomes after robotic kidney transplantation and open kidney transplantation.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Initial experience with robotic-assisted kidney transplantation: A single-centre descriptive, retrospective study with technical modifications.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2026Article
- Should Kidney Transplantation be Offered to Patients with Body Mass Index >40?: Commentary.Kidney360 · 2025Article
- Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Comparison of Robotic-Assisted Versus Conventional Open Technique.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted versus conventional open kidney transplantation: a propensity matched comparison with median follow-up of 5 years.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2023Article
- Comparison of outcomes after open versus robotic kidney transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of IndiaReview
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Living donor robotic-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) is an alternative to open kidney transplantation (OKT), but experience with this technique is limited in the United States. Methods: A retrospective review of living donor kidney transplants performed between 2016 and 2018 compared RAKT with OKT with regard to recipient, donor, and perioperative parameters. A 1:1 propensity score matching was performed on recipient/donor age, sex, body mass index, race, preoperative dialysis, and calculated panel reactive antibodies. Results: Outcomes of patient survival, graft survival, and postoperative complications were assessed for 139 transplants (47 RAKT and 92 OKT). Propensity score analysis (47:47) showed that RAKT recipients had longer warm ischemic times (49 versus 40 min; Conclusions: Our findings suggest that RAKT is a safe alternative to OKT.
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