Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: the four year Johns Hopkins University experience.

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Abstract
Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy is an operation that was designed specifically in an attempt to alleviate the profound shortage of kidneys for transplantation [1]. In the US, there is a growing disparity between the organ supply and demand. This has resulted in prolonged waiting times on the cadaveric renal transplant waiting list [2]. Commensurate with the increased waiting times has been an increase in the number of deaths of patients awaiting transplantation. Live kidney donors have remained an under-utilized source of transplantable organs.