Left or right kidney in hand-assisted donor nephrectomy? A randomized controlled trial.

Background: There is an ongoing discussion in living renal transplantation whether the right or the left donor nephrectomy is to be preferred if both kidneys are equal, due to the lack of prospective studies.

Methods: A prospective single-center randomized trial was conducted from April 2002 to September 2006, in which 60 eligible consecutive donors were randomized to either left-sided or right-sided hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN). Primary endpoint was operation time.

[The first 100 hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam].

Objective: To evaluate the results of the first 100 hand-assisted donor nephrectomies in our hospital.

Design: Prospective, descriptive.

Method: In the period January 2000-July 2004, 100 consecutive donors underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy as part of a living-related kidney transplantation at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Laparoscopic-assisted versus open ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease: a randomized trial.

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare laparoscopic-assisted and open ileocolic resection for primary Crohn's disease in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomized for laparoscopic-assisted or open surgery. Primary outcome parameter was postoperative quality of life (QoL) during 3 months of follow-up, measured by SF-36 and GIQLI questionnaire.

Hand-assisted laparoscopic versus open restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis: a randomized trial.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate postoperative recovery after hand-assisted laparoscopic or open restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomized for hand-assisted laparoscopic (n = 30) or open surgery (n = 30). Primary outcome parameter was postoperative recovery in the 3 months after surgery, measured by quality of life questionnaires (SF-36 and GIQLI).

Restorative proctectomy after emergency laparoscopic colectomy for ulcerative colitis: a case-matched study.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate feasibility and safety of restorative proctectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) through a Pfannenstiel incision after prior laparoscopic colectomy.

Methods: Seventeen patients who underwent restorative proctectomy after laparoscopic emergency colectomy for ulcerative colitis (UC) were prospectively evaluated. Results were compared with results of a group of 21 case matched patients that had restorative proctectomy and IPAA via a midline incision in the same period.