Donor Complications Following Laparoscopic Compared to Hand-Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomy: An Analysis of the Literature

Table 1

Study characteristics, donor demographics and intraoperative data.

Author et al.								Total				Warm
	Study	Cases		Age		BMI		operative		Operative		ischemia		Length of
	type			(years)		(kg/m2)		time		blood loss		time		stay
								(min)		(mL)		(min)		(days)
		L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H
Anderson [14]	R		103		34.4		25.9		283				2.3		3.7
Bargman [15]	RCT	20	20					200	219	141.5	97.4	2.6	2.3	1.9	2.1
Branco [16]	R	89	67	38.9	38			78.4	83	98.9	130.9	2.5	3.6	1.4	2.8
Breda [17]	R	300		36.7		28.3		180		80		4.0
Chandak [18]	P		144		44				198		160		2.9
Chin [9]	R	500		40.3		27.3		208.2		197		3.5		2.3
Desai [19]		303		45.2		24.2		159.0				6.5		4.4
Diner [20]	R	167		39.0				226.3		108.3		5.0		2.5
Dolce [21]	P		217		39.6				177.3		71.1		1.1		3.6
Dols [22]	P	283		50				222		206		5.6		3.5
El-Galley [23]	P		80		43				184		50		4.0
Fettouh [24]	R	400		32				117${}^{*}$		56		2.6
Fisher [25]	R		200		42		27		229		243		2.6		1.9
Giron [26]	R		85		34.3				132		125		4.0		2.5
Gupta [27]	P	343		43				191				3.3		3.7
Hawasli [28]	R	168						132		92		3.5		1.2
Heimbach [29]	R		553		42		28.0		137${}^{*}$						2.3
Husted [30]	R	213	40	41	41	27.5		192	186			3.3	3.9	1.9	1.9
Jacobs [31]	R	738		40.2		27.7		202.1		128		2.8		2.7
Jeon [32]	R	71	12	36	38			206.7${}^{*}$	143.4${}^{*}$			3.8	2.4
Keller [33]	R		230						176		71		1.1		3.7
Ko [34]	R	400		40.9		27.1		147.6		83.2		1.5		2.0
Kocak [35]	R	482	318	39	41	27	29							1.6	1.2
Lai [36]	P	12	12	48.6	44	22.5	25	215	258			4.5	3.8	5.8	5.6
Lallas [37]	R	230		40.6				112		92.8				2.3
Li [38]	R		65						157.92		37.38		3.3		5.0
Melcher [39]	R	530		40.4		26.1		196						3.2
Minnee [40]	P		158		46.7				173.8				3.2		4.9
Percegona [41]	R	34	21					184	191	441	545	3.8	4.3	2.6	3.6
Permpongkosol [42]	R	553		41.4
Rajab [43]	R		80		38		26.5
Ruszat [44]	R	12	33	46	50	24	24	212	192	307	208	4.0	2.1	13.0	11.0
Salazar [45]		11	24	39	44	26	26	213	235					3.0	4.0
Seo [46]	R		100		38.1		23		202				3.0		4.1
Simforoosh [47]	P	241		27.8		24.8		136.5				7.5
Su [48]	R	381						253		334		4.9		3.3
Sundaram [49]	R	253		39.3		26.1		199		115		2.2		2.8
Total		6734	2562
Weighted mean				39.9	41.2	26.8	27.3	187.0	189.3	144.0	128.6	3.7	2.5	2.7	3.0
Difference (L–H) (95% CI)				$-1.3$($-4.2$, 1.7)		$-0.5$($-1.8$, 0.8)		$-2.3$($-31.4$, 26.7)		15.4($-65.1$, 95.8)		1.2(0.1, 2.3)		$-0.3$($-1.1$, 0.6)
P-value				.401		.426		.876		.711		.037 ${}^{†}$		.547

R:Retrospective; P:Prospective; RCT:Randomized Control Trial; L:LDN; H:HALDN.
${}^{*}$Excluded from weighted mean calculation (alternative endpoints); ${}^{†}$ P< .05.