The Differences Between the Right and Left Side Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Single-Center Outcomes

Kadir Omur Gunseren; Mehmet Cagatay Cicek; Yavuz Mert Aydin; Cagdas Gokhun Ozmerdiven; Ismet Yavascaoglu

doi:10.14744/SEMB.2021.82085

The Differences Between the Right and Left Side Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Single-Center Outcomes

Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul. 2021 Sep 24;55(3):339-343. doi: 10.14744/SEMB.2021.82085. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Kadir Omur Gunseren¹, Mehmet Cagatay Cicek¹, Yavuz Mert Aydin¹, Cagdas Gokhun Ozmerdiven², Ismet Yavascaoglu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
² Department of Urology, İstanbul Aydın University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to compare the right and left side laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) outcomes of a single center.

Materials and methods: The outcomes of patients who underwent LDN in our clinic between 2008 and 2020 were evaluated retrospectively. Two groups were consisted according to the side of the donor kidney. The gender, age, body mass index, duration of operation, amount of bleeding, warm ischemia time, drain removal time, and duration of hospitalization and complications were compared between groups.

Results: A total of 314 patients were included in the study. Sixty-six patients underwent right LDN and 248 underwent left LDN. There was no difference between groups in terms of age, duration of operation, amount of bleeding, warm ischemia time, and complications (p>0.05). However, drain removal time and duration of hospitalization were longer in the left LDN group (p<0.05).

Conclusions: The right LDN had similar intraoperative outcomes with the left LDN. However, failure on meticulous dissection of the lymphatic structures during left LDN might cause chylous drainage and prolonged hospitalization time.

Keywords: Donor nephrectomy; kidney transplantation; laparoscopic.