SHOULD THE INDICATIONS FOR LAPARASCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY BE THE SAME AS FOR THE OPEN PROCEDURE? ANOMALOUS LEFT RENAL VASCULATURE IS NOT A CONTRAINDICATION TO LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT DONOR NEPHRECTOMY1

Background.The left kidney is preferred for live donation. In open live donor nephrectomy, the right kidney is selected if the left kidney has multiple renal arteries or anomalous venous drainage. With laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LLDN), there is reluctance to procure the right kidney becaus