Clinical Study

Systemic Heparinisation in Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy

Table 1

Donor and recipient demographics, left and right kidney, and renal vasculature.

HeparinNo heparin value

Donor
 Age (yr) 1.000
 Gender M : F44 : 6528 : 490.648
 Left kidney92 (84.4%)68 (88.3%)0.386
 Right kidney17 (15.6%)8 (10.4%)0.386
 Single artery80 (73.4%)68 (88.3%)
 Two arteries25 (22.9%) 9 (11.7%)0.027
 Three arteries4 (3.7%)0
 Single vein103 (94.5%)75 (97.4%)0.473
 Dual veins6 (5.5%)2 (2.6%)
Recipient
 Age (yr) 0.659
 Gender M : F63 : 4645 : 321.000