to compare the results of right and left-sided retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy (RDN).
This was a retrospective study evaluating demographics, intraoperative and postoperative data of 158 kidney donors who underwent RDN from January 2010 to August 2018. Two groups were created according to the side of the surgery including Right RDN (group 1) and left RDN (group 2). The results of the recipients' were also evaluated.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
158
Samsun Liv Hospital
Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)
Operation time
time from onset to complete of surgery
Time frame: at the end of the surgery
Blood loss
amount of bleeding during surgery (mililiter)
Time frame: at the end of the surgery
warm ishemia time
time from renal artery and vein dissection of the kidney to the initiation of perfusion on the bench table.
Time frame: at the end of the surgery
İntraoperative complications
abnormal problems that may be seen during surgery and require additional intervention.
Time frame: at the end of the surgery
incisional hernia
abdominal incision or trocar site defects of donors
Time frame: up to 2 years
postoperative complication
abnormal problems that may be seen after surgery and require additional intervention or follow-up (grade I-V)
Time frame: up to 1 month
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