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

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Objective.

To assess the long-term graft survival of right-sided retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy (RPLDN), we compared the outcomes of right- and left-sided RPLDN.

Methods.

Five hundred and thirty-three patients underwent live donor renal transplantation with allografts procured by RPLDN from July 2001 to August 2010 at our institute.

Of these, 24 (4.5%) cases were selected for right-sided RPLDN (R-RPLDN) according to our criteria for donor kidney selection.

Study variables included peri- and postoperative clinical data.

Results.

No significant differences were found in the recipients' postoperative graft function and incidence of slow graft function.

Despite significant increased warm ischemic time (WIT: mean 5.9 min versus 4.7 min, P<0.001) in R-RPLDN compared to that in L-RPLDN, there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding long-term patient and graft survival.

The complication rate in R-RPLDN was not significantly different compared to that in L-RPLDN (17% versus 6.5%, P=0.132).

No renal vein thrombosis was experienced in either groups.

Conclusions.

Although our study was retrospective and there was only a small number of R-RPLDN patients, R-RPLDN could be an option for laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy because of similar results, with the sole exception of WIT, in L-RPLDN, and its excellent long-term graft outcomes.