Robot Assisted Renal Auto Transplantation: A Case Based Discussion of Unique Anaesthetic Considerations.

Laparoscopic renal autotransplantation has serious perturbations on the body's homeostasis due to its non physiological positioning, use of pneumoperitoneum, changing fluid strategy at different points of time and on-going steps to maintain optimal environment for the transplanted kidney. Generally speaking, the anaesthetic management of renal auto-transplantation by open technique is not very complex and the perioperative management can be categorized in the intermediate level of clinical skill requirement. Adding to the comfort of the anaesthesiologist is the fact that these patients are not in end stage renal disease state and does not manifest the comorbidities, multisystem involvement and technical complexities of long term renal dysfunction and renal replacement therapy. In our case report surgeons used the da Vinci surgical robotic system for laparoscopic transplantation of the kidney at a new site. In this article we discuss the anaesthetic challenges of robot assisted laparoscopic renal auto-transplantation along with a description of our index case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]