Kidneys: Transplant Surgery

(asked on 4th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the provision in NHS hospitals of kidney transplantation through keyhole surgery.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 11th November 2014

The removal of a kidney for donation from a living donor is routinely carried out using minimally invasive surgical techniques. In most transplant centres, these are keyhole (laparoscopic) techniques.

The use of keyhole surgery in the implantation of a kidney will be a clinical decision made in the best interests of the patient based on individual circumstances.

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