Troubleshooting in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

Surgical complications are related to the learning curve of the surgeon and, in particular, the first 30 surgical cases, in which the rate of major complications reaches 30%. However, this rate decreases to 20% in the first 50 cases and 6% once the surgeon has performed 200–250 cases. It has been noted that surgeons with experience in previous laparoscopic surgery have no such associated rate of complications.