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

Table 3

Postoperative outcomes of right and left RPLDN.

	Right (𝑛=24)	Left (𝑛=509)	𝑃 value
Operating time (min)	326±67	312±71	0.482
Time to procurement of the kidney (min)	265±66	249±66	0.407
Estimated blood loss (g)	61±59	51±60	0.218
Warm ischemic time (min)	5.9±1.9	4.8±1.5	<0.001
Total ischemic time (min)	104±27	100±31	0.158
CO2 gas pressure (mmHg)	7.8±1.2	7.2±1.3	0.038
Postoperative hospital stay (days)	4.1±1.2	3.7±1.4	0.245
Slow recovery graft function* (%)	0	10 (2.0%)	0.838
Delayed graft function** (%)	0	0	—
Acute rejection (%)	5 (21%)	60 (12%)	0.315
Serum creatinine level (mg/dL)
POD1	4.5±2.4	3.7±1.9	0.038
POD7	1.8±1.7	1.4±1.0	0.097
POD14	1.6±1.7	1.5±3.4	0.957
Patient survival rate
1 year	100%	100%	0.568
5 years	100%	98.3%
7 years	100%	97.8%
Graft survival rate
1 year	100%	98.2%	0.855
5 years	92.3%	95.7%
7 years	92.3%	90.4%

∗Serum creatinine level more than 3.0 mg/dL at 4 days after transplantation. ∗∗Patients required hemodialysis after transplantation due to acute tubular necrosis. POD: postoperative days.