Hand-Assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy PERiumbilical versus Pfannenstiel incision and return to normal physical ACTivity (HAPERPACT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (HALDN) using a periumbilical or Pfannenstiel incision was developed to improve donor outcome after a kidney transplant. The aim of this study was to investigate two methods of hand assistance and kidney removal during HALDN and...

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Main Authors: Yakup Kulu, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Omid Ghamarnejad, Elias Khajeh, Georgios Polychronidis, Mohammad Golriz, Felix Nickel, Laura Benner, Philipp Knebel, Markus Diener, Christian Morath, Martin Zeier, Markus W. Büchler, Arianeb Mehrabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2775-4