<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cohen, Ari J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams, Darin S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bohorquez, Humberto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bruce, David S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carmody, Ian C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reichman, Trevor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Loss, George E.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Decreasing Length of Stay</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ochsner Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015-03-20 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19-24</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Background The number of robotic operations performed with the da Vinci Surgical System has increased during the past decade. This system allows for greater maneuverability and control than hand-assisted laparoscopic procedures, resulting in less tissue manipulation and irritation.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the results of 100 consecutive robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies and compared them to our most recent 20 hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies.Results Between May 2008 and June 2012, 120 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies were performed at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. Of those, 100 live kidney donors underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies. Surgical time and hospital length of stay improved after the first 20 patients receiving robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomies, which was considered the learning curve. Sixty percent of patients who underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies were released on postoperative day 1 compared to 45% of patients who underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic techniques.Conclusion In our experience, robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy resulted in decreased postoperative length of stay that decreased the global cost of the procedure and allowed our institution to admit more patients.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>