Impact of Right-Sided Nephrectomy on Long-Term Outcomes in Retroperitoneoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy at Single Center

Table 2

Characteristic demographics for donors and recipients in right and left RPLDN.

	Right (𝑛=24)	Left (𝑛=509)	𝑃 value
Donor
Age (yrs)	55±11	54±13	0.812
Sex (M/F)	6/18	174/335	0.782
Mean BMI* (kg/m^2)	22.1±2.0	22.4±2.6	0.428
Renal artery (single/multiple)	20/4	386/123	0.550
Renal vein (single/multiple)	18/6	478/31	0.002
Length of renal artery (cm)	4.7±0.9	3.7±0.7	<0.001
Length of renal vein (cm)	1.8±0.6	4.0±0.8	<0.001
Recipient
Age (yrs)	42±13	38±17	0.381
Sex (M/F)	12/12	331/178	0.133
HLA-identical (yes/no)	2/22	37/472	0.837
ABO incompatible (yes/no)	6/18	110/349	0.769
Preoperative DSA** (yes/no)	7/17	158/351	0.952
Immunosuppression (FK/CsA***)	24/0	474/35	0.359

∗BMI: body mass index, ∗∗DSA: donor-specific HLA antibody, ∗∗∗FK/CsA: tacrolimus/cyclosporine.