Comparing Surgical Complications of Donors and Recipients in Retroperitoneoscopic versus Mini-Incision Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-Center Experience

Table 1

Donor demographics and outcome.

	MIDN	RPDN	𝑃
Number of patients	30	30	—
Male/female	11/19	9/21	n.s.
Age (years; mean and range)	53 (27–72)	54 (28–78)	n.s.
BMI	27 (21–34)	25 (20–35)	n.s.
Side of donation (right/left)	21/9	10/20	<0.01
Patient with more than 1 renal artery	7 (3 previously unknown)	5 (4 previously unknown)	n.s.
Mean operation time (min)	171	109	<0.01
Blood transfusions	None	None	—
Conversion to open surgery/revision	None	None	—
Donor hospitalization (days after OP)	6.5	4,9*	<0.01

*One patient was required to stay with the recipient (mental disabled) for 13 days and was excluded from the analysis.