Skin Closure in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: Modern Tissue Adhesive versus Conventional Intracutaneous Suture—A Randomized Study

Table 1

Baseline and perioperative data.

Baseline and operative data Mean (range)	Tissue adhesive; 𝑛=32	Suture; 𝑛=32	𝑃 values
Age (years)	48 (23–71)	47 (22–64)	0.76
Sex (M : F)	10 : 22	16 : 16	—
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.1 (21.3–29.9)	26.1 (18.0–34.0)	0.22
Relation to recipient
Genetically related : unrelated	23 : 9	23 : 9	—
Total operative time (min)	123.6 (81–195)	132.5 (85–220)	0.18
Wound closure time (min)	5.8** (3–9.2)	8.6 (4.4–13.6)	0.00
Major perop. incidents (#)	0	0	—
Conversions to open procedure (#)	0	0	—

Group comparisons have been made by Student (two-sided) 𝑡-test. ^∗∗𝑃<0.05.