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