The available scientific literature has described the tangible benefits of operations using new 3-dimensional laparoscopic systems. The purpose of this report was to describe the first experience of pure 3-dimensional laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy for transplant in the Republic of Kazakhstan. A living-donor kidney transplant was performed in a 21-year-old male patient with the father as the donor. The operation was performed with general anesthesia using a 3-dimensional endo-videoscopic stance with flexible camera (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). The time of warm ischemia was 130 seconds, and the total operation time was 280 minutes. The postoperative period proceeded smoothly, without any complication. The patient was discharged on day 3 after transplant with normal levels of creatinine and urea. The recipient's surgery was typical, and no complications or difficulties in perfor-ming anastomosis were encountered. With further accumulation of experience, 3-dimensional laparoscopic nephrectomy from living donors could become a new criterion standard.
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