Poland's first 3D kidney removal for transplantation

That same day, under supervision of the head of the department and CSK MSW director Prof. Marek Durlik, experts performed the second procedure of kidney implantation with the traditional method.

"We performed the procedure in a thirty years old patient with renal failure, to whom we transplanted the kidney removed earlier from his brother with minimally invasive method in 3D" - said Prof. Durlik, surgeon specializing in organ transplantation.

The specialist explained that the kidney removal procedure was performed in 3D imaging technology because it allows the operator to precisely identify the environment of the operating field, which significantly reduces the risk of complications during surgery. This is especially important when removing a kidney from a living donor.

3D imaging is increasingly used in various fields of surgery and laparoscopic procedures. But surgeons have only recently started using it in kidney transplantations, mainly to remove this organ from a living donor. The procedure at CSK MSW in Warsaw is one of the few procedures treatments of this kind performed so far in the world.

The three-dimensional image better reveals anatomic details, which reduces the risk of error and minimizes complications. It also gives surgeons greater work comfort, because they see more during surgery. The use of this technique in laparoscopic procedures, therefore, opens up a whole new era in this type of surgery.

Several operations using 3D imaging have already been performed in Poland this year. Surgeons at the Jurasz University Hospital No. 1 in Bydgoszcz 3D imaging when performing hernia and biliary vesicles surgery. In the hospital in Wrocław at Kamieńskiego, in a 56-year-old patient surgeons performed a demonstration hysterectomy on uterus attacked by endometrial cancer. The surgery was performed using the da Vinci robot.

Zbigniew Wojtasiński (PAP)

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