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Expanding the living kidney donor pool: outcomes of robotic donor nephrectomy in obese versus non-obese donors

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Surgeons compared robot-assisted kidney removal in living donors who had obesity with donors who did not. The point is to let more people safely donate a kidney, which would shorten waiting lists. This compared past cases rather than assigning people at random, so it shows a link between donor weight and outcomes, not proof of cause.

Who did this work

J. Hallesy · Derick Nguyen · Devi Preetham Reddy Veeramgari · Daisuke Imai · Yuzuru Sambommatsu · Vinay Kumaran · Muhammad Saeed · Aamir Khan · Amit Sharma · Adrian Cotterell · David Bruno · Seung Duk Lee

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-08
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-026-13330-2