Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy in a Donor With Situs Inversus Totalis: It is Not a Contraindication to Kidney Transplant

Abstract

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare anatomic anomaly representing 180° inversion of all internal organs. We report a case of laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy in a donor with SIT. A 55-year-old man volunteered to provide a living kidney source for his son. The donor was in good physical condition, with no clinical history of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and other abnormalities. Preoperative X-ray thoracic and abdominal scans showed that the donor had a total organ transposition inversus. Computed tomographic renal vascular three-dimensional reconstruction scan showed that the patient had 2 left renal arteries and 1 right renal artery. All data collected comply with the Helsinki Congress and the Declaration of Istanbul. We chose to perform a transabdominal route laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy of the right kidney. The donor did not experience operation-related complications and was discharged on the fourth postoperative day. The recipient did not have a rejection reaction, and the recipient recovered successfully. This case illustrates that laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy is fully feasible in this population.