PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sonnier, Dennis
AU  - Sawyer, W. Peter
AU  - Seal, John
AU  - Curtis, Colin
AU  - McGee, Jack
AU  - Slayden, Alec
AU  - Sarkar, Korak
TI  - Three-Dimensional Visualization With Virtual Reality Facilitates Complex Live Donor Renal Transplant
AID  - 10.31486/toj.22.0008
DP  - 2022 Dec 21
TA  - Ochsner Journal
PG  - 344--348
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/22/4/344.short
4100  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/22/4/344.full
SO  - Ochsner J2022 Dec 21; 22
AB  - Background: Living donor renal transplant involves highly technical operations in both a healthy donor and a recipient with end-stage kidney disease. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiography (CTA) is used to assess critical donor anatomy, but its interpretation becomes increasingly difficult as renal anatomy becomes more complex.Case Report: A related donor was denied because of prohibitive anatomy seen on the pretransplant evaluation CTA. As the donor was highly motivated to donate, CTA DICOM images were segmented to create a 3-dimensional (3D) model that could be evaluated in an immersive and stereoscopic virtual reality (VR) environment. The donor's anatomy was found to be acceptable, and he was approved.Conclusion: In live donor nephrectomy candidates, 3D reconstruction and VR visualization can be used to facilitate appreciation of complex anatomy.