Renal Donor Comparison of Outcomes: Hand Assist Versus Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00460889

Enrollment

Registered

2007-04-17

Start date

2006-10-31

Completion date

2008-08-31

Last updated

2015-04-06

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Conditions

Living Renal Donor

Keywords

hand assist, laparoscopy, renal donor, outcomes

Brief summary

This study is designed to look at outcomes of patients who have undergone hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus totally laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREdonor nephrectomy

The objective of this protocol is to look at the outcomes of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy performed by using hand assisted (HA)or entirely laparoscopic (LDN) surgical techniques. To define the advantages of each technique, we will use records of patients who underwent laparoscopic live kidney donation with HALDN.

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* any person undergoing minimally invasive donor nephrectomy surgery at NewYork Hospital/Columbia.

Exclusion criteria

* any person undergoing open donor nephrectomy surgery at NewYork Hospital/Columbia.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of postoperative comfort and hospital stay satisfaction with HALDN	1 week
Prevalence of postoperative comfort and hospital stay satisfaction with LDN	1 week

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026