There is currently a lack of standard kidney-only procurement technique. Known\ntechniques such as kidney-only procurement using the standard multi-organ procurement\ntechnique could potentially cause more iatrogenic injuries due to less adequate\nexposure. An alternative using the live open kidney donation technique could\nalso be less than ideal due to prior unknown anatomical variation and potential the\ninability to adequately topically cool the kidneys. We describe here a novel easy kidney-\nonly technique leading to an improved exposure, better cold perfusion and topical\ncooling. Herein we show how total bowel evisceration can be achieved by stapling\nthe hepatic hilum, superior mesenteric artery and coeliac trunk. There is a need of a\nkidney only procurement in order to increase the quality of deceased kidney donation\nin our opinion. Results have to be compared in the future to determine the potential\nbenefits.
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