Name: single port donor nephrectomy
Uploaded: 2011-03-12T11:00:00
Duration: 7 min 17 s
Description: Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Single Port Donor Nephrectomy at JoVE.com

We would like to acknowledge Applied Medical for supporting this work through and unrestricted educational grant which allowed us to produce the video and publish.

Single Port Donor Nephrectomy:
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	<li>Place patient in the right lateral decubitus position with left side up</li>
	<li>Operating surgeon will stand facing abdomen with the assistant camera driver standing to the surgeons right and caudad</li>
	<li>Measure 5 cm incision over umbilicus on stretch</li>
	<li>Create incision at umbilicus and enter the abdominal cavity.</li>
	<li>Place the Alexis Wound Retractor</li>
	<li>Place Appropriate Laparoscopic Ports in Gel Point Seal (2 5mm ports and 1 15mm port) as disrected and shown in video</li>
	<li>Place Gel Point seal on Alexis Retractor and Insuffolate the abdomen</li>
	<li>Mobilize the Descending Colon off of the Retroperitoneum</li>
	<li>Mobilize the Spleen from lateral to medial to create plane between the spleen and the upper pole of the kidney</li>
	<li>Dissect the Ureter and Gonadal Vein from the level of the Iliac vessels up to the lower pole of the kidney</li>
	<li>Follow the Gonadal Vein to the Renal Vein in the area of the Hilum. The Gonadal vein can be ligated and divided near the Renal Vein if needed</li>
	<li>Identify and divide any Lumbar Veins</li>
	<li>Identify and Divide the Adrenal Vein between clips</li>
	<li>Dissect the Renal Vein Circumferentially</li>
	<li>Identify the Renal Artery and dissect it circumferentially</li>
	<li>Mobilze the entire kidney off of the retroperitoneum</li>
	<li>Pace a 5-12mm Port where the lower 5mm port had been placed in the Gel Point Seal</li>
	<li>Ligate and divide the Ureter and Gonadal Vein at the Iliac Vesselswith an Endo-GIA stapler</li>
	<li>Ligate the renal artery with an Endo-TA vascular stapler and then divide with endoshears</li>
	<li>Ligate and divide the renal vein with an Endo-GIA stapler</li>
	<li>Place the kidney in and large Endocatch bag</li>
	<li>Remove the Gel Point Seal and the Alexis Retractor</li>
	<li>Remove the kidney from the Abdominal Cavity</li>
	<li>Replace the Gel Point Seal</li>
	<li>Survey for hemostasis and replace the Descending Colon in the appropriate location along with the spleen</li>
	<li>Close the abdominal wall fascia and then the skin incision</li>
	<li>Place dressing</li>
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Dr David Leeser and Dr Joseph Del Pizzo both teach single port techniques at courses sponsored by Applied Medical.

The Single Port Donor Nephrectomy is a viable next step in the evolution of donor nephrectomy. At times, steps in the procedure have to be accomplished out of order due to the challenges inherent in the single port which limits side to side retraction and mobility as discussed in the video. The cosmesis is excellent and patients return to activities very quickly. As the procedure evolves new instruments will be developed that will aide in the accomplishment of more of more and more complex tasks through the single port entry.

single port donor nephrectomy

In 2007, Rane presented the first single port nephrectomy for a small non-functioning kidney at the World Congress of Endourology. Since that time, the use of single port surgery for nephrectomy has expanded to include donor nephrectomy. Over the next two years the technique was adopted for many others types of nephrectomies to include donor nephrectomy. We present our technique for single port donor nephrectomy using the Gelpoint device. We have successfully performed this surgery in over 100 patients and add this experience to our experience of over 1000 laparoscopic nephrectomies. With the proper equipment and technique, single port donor nephrectomy can be performed safely and effectively in the majority of live donors. We have found that our operative times and most importantly our transplant outcomes have not changed significantly with the adoption of the single port donor nephrectomy. We believe that single port donor nephrectomy represents a step forward in the care of living donors.

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Single Port Donor Nephrectomy at JoVE.com

Single Port Donor Nephrectomy

Single port laparoscopic surgery is changing the standard of care in surgical care like nothing since the laparoscopic technique was introduced 20 years ago. We present out technique of single port donor nephrectomy using the Gelpoint device. We have successfully performed this surgery in 100 patients.

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Surgical Preparation and Heterotopic Transplantation of the Neonatal Donor Heart in the Recipient Rat

Begin harvesting the neonatal donor heart by anesthetizing and sterilizing the rat, and making a horizontal incision at the xiphoid with a 15 blade scalpel under a 12.5x surgical microscope. Next, use scissors to create vertical incisions laterally up to the axillae, on both sides. Remove the anterior thoracic wall with another horizontal incision beneath the neck.Dissect the inferior vena cava, or IVC, right and left superior venae cavae, or SVC, and pulmonary vessels with scissors. Encircle and ligate dull vessels using a 7-0 silk suture. Slightly push the diaphragm down with forceps and administer three milliliters of ice-cold, high-potassium modified Krebs-Henseleit solution to the right atrium by puncturing the IVC with a 30-gauge needle.Cut the IVC, SVC, and pulmonary vessels using scissors. Ensure proper length by transecting the pulmonary arteries as far as possible, and the aorta, distal to the brachiocephalic trunk, using a number 11 blade scalpel. Flush the heart with the ice-cold cardioplegic solution using a three milliliter syringe.Place the anesthetized rat on an oblique shelf. Secure its front teeth with a string, and position the head towards the surgeon. Place the light on the outside of the neck onto the area of the vocal cords.Grasp the tongue with two fingers and gently push it upwards and to the left for optimal intubation visibility. Now, use an 18-gauge, two-inch cannula for a 100 to 150 gram rat and secure the intratracheal tube with tape. Connect the intubation cannula to the small animal ventilator, and adjust the settings based on the animal's size, following the manufacturer's instructions.After intubating the rat, perform a midline laparotomy using a 15 blade scalpel to make the skin incision. Open the anterior abdominal wall with scissors and mobilize the intestines toward the right upper quadrant. Next, expose the retroperitoneal abdominal aorta and IVC, using cotton tip applicators.Cover the intestines with warm, saline-soaked gauze and use retractors to maintain optimal exposure of the IVC and abdominal aorta. Now, perform blunt dissection of the infrarenal IVC and abdominal aorta up to the bifurcation. Ligate dull infrarenal branching arteries and veins with a 10-0 nylon suture.Transport the harvested donor's heart in a sterile surgical basin containing Krebs-Heneseleit buffer to the surgical field. Ensure to irrigate the donor heart intermittently with ice-cold cardioplegic solution. Next, separate the pulmonary trunk and descending aorta using micro scissors, and irrigate the donor heart with ice-cold cardioplegic solution.Next, apply four atraumatic vascular clamps to the distal and proximal segments of the infrarenal aorta and IVC. Perform an aortotomy using micro scissors to make two small horizontal cuts. Then, place the donor heart on the left side of the aorta.Secure the recipient's infrarenal aorta and the donor's ascending aorta and to side at the 12 and six o'clock positions of the aortotomy with sutures. Proceed with the third and fourth sutures at the three and nine o'clock positions, gently flipping the heart to the left side of the aorta after the third suture. Finalize the arterial anastomosis by adding one to two sutures to each interspace.Now, rotate the rat counterclockwise, so the head faces the surgeon's left hand. Shift the donor's heart to the left side of the abdominal aorta for an optimal view of the IVC. Perform a venotomy on the IVC, slightly proximal to the aortic anastomosis.Using an 11 blade for puncture and micro scissors to adjust the size according to the donor's pulmonary trunk diameter, flush the intracoval lumen with heparinized saline. Next, perform the venous anastomosis between the recipient's IVC and the donor's pulmonary trunk by placing interrupted 11-0 nylon sutures on the back wall of the vessel, starting at the 12 and six o'clock positions. Place a continuous 11-0 nylon suture on the front wall, place absorbable gelatin sponge strips over the anastomoses, and remove the microvascular clamps, beginning with the distal ones.Ensure that the coronary vessels fill and that the donor's heart begins beating shortly upon release of the proximal clamps. Apply light pressure using a cotton tip applicator on the sponges to achieve optimal hemostasis. Carefully place the intestines back into the abdomen, being cautious not to distort the arterial and venous anastomosis.Close the abdominal wall and allow the animal to recover. A horizontal slice of the donor graft resected at the mid ventricular level of the right and left ventricles is shown. Histological analysis indicated that the endocardial fibroelastosis tissue had high amounts of organized collagen and elastin fibers.Endocardial fibroelastosis tissue, double stained for VE-Cadherin and alpha-SMA. CD-31, phospho-SMAD2 and SMAD3, CD-31 and slug or snail indicated endothelial to mesenchymal transition.