Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy is the
standard of care at high volume transplant centers. Despite this there is still
reticence to harvest the right kidney laparoscopically because of concerns
regarding the shorter renal vein, higher complexity of dissection and potentially
higher complication rates and worse renal allograft outcomes.
The aim of this single-center study of 72
consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies was to compare left versus right-sided laparoscopic
donors in terms of
surgical difficulty, complication rates and outcomes.
There were 56 left-sided and 16 right-sided
donors. There was no significant difference in surgical outcomes or
complication rates. Similarly, the recipient surgery complication rates and
allograft outcomes were no different between kidneys procured laparoscopically
from the left or the right.
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