Khan T, Iqbal Q, Hassan M, Shakeel S, Khan N, Asnath L. Letter to the Editor: Response to outcomes of “right vs left kidney”. World J Transplant 2026; 16(2): 115987 [DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.115987]
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Taqi Khan, MD, Chief, FRCS (Ed), Professor, Kidney Transplant Unit, Rehman Medical Institute, Phase V, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25100, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. taqi.toufeeq@rmi.edu.pk
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Khan T, Iqbal Q, Hassan M, Shakeel S, Khan N, Asnath L. Letter to the Editor: Response to outcomes of “right vs left kidney”. World J Transplant 2026; 16(2): 115987 [DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.115987]
World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2026; 16(2): 115987 Published online Jun 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.115987
Letter to the Editor: Response to outcomes of “right vs left kidney”
Taqi Khan, Qaisar Iqbal, Muneeb Hassan, Sajid Shakeel, Naveed Khan, Lajward Asnath
Taqi Khan, Qaisar Iqbal, Muneeb Hassan, Sajid Shakeel, Naveed Khan, Lajward Asnath, Kidney Transplant Unit, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar 25100, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Author contributions: Khan T, Iqbal Q, Hassan M, Shakeel S, Khan N, and Asnath L contributed equally to text and manuscript revision, read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest in publishing the manuscript.
Corresponding author: Taqi Khan, MD, Chief, FRCS (Ed), Professor, Kidney Transplant Unit, Rehman Medical Institute, Phase V, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25100, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. taqi.toufeeq@rmi.edu.pk
Received: October 31, 2025 Revised: November 21, 2025 Accepted: January 22, 2026 Published online: June 18, 2026 Processing time: 211 Days and 0.6 Hours
Abstract
We read the comments by Favi and Morabito, published in the recent issue of the World Journal of Transplantation, about our recently published paper and am concerned that our paper is being misrepresented as a debate on donor nephrectomy techniques. Ours is a surgical paper, in which we discussed selection criteria for right kidneys and how to best utilize the vein, because it is the vein length that causes serious technical complications. Despite limitations of our healthcare resources, the excellent donor and recipient outcomes in right kidneys have validated our current donation and transplant techniques.
Core Tip: The objective of transplantation is to get immediate graft function, whatever the method of kidney recovery, it must however be safe enough to provide a graft that is able to function immediately. Despite our budgetary limitations, we strive to do what is best for our patients. Despite limitations of our healthcare resources, the excellent donor and recipient outcomes in right kidneys have validated our current donation and transplant techniques.
