Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Living-Donor Nephrectomy

Abstract

Kidney donors experience significant mental stress compared with those undergoing extirpative kidney surgery. Better preoperative counseling and postoperative monitoring is suggested by the authors.

Psychosocial wellbeing after living kidney donation - a longitudinal, prospective study

“…Our study is in keeping with two of these , both of which sampled donors at similar time points. The assessment of HRQoL in this study was limited to the Physical Component Summary (PCS) score of the SF‐12 and the findings are again in keeping with those reported elsewhere . This study failed to demonstrate the 12‐month return to baseline that has been documented previously; however, our participants’ 12‐month PCS scores were not found to be statistically significantly different to their preoperative baseline.…”

“…Negative psychosocial outcomes are more commonly reported in prospective studies (i.e. reduced HRQoL and increased depression and anxiety after donation ) and include feelings of abandonment, being ignored and disappointment . Poor outcomes in the recipient are associated with increased rates of depression and lower HRQoL .…”

Changes in quality of life after elective surgery: an observational study comparing two measures

“…Reasons for such deterioration might include a greater proportion of cancer and chronic conditions. Alternatively, the recovery time frame for these surgeries might be longer compared to other surgeries, as physical quality of life is known to decrease during recovery [31]. Many studies of change in quality of life after surgery currently use disease-based measures [32–34].…”

Single-port live donor nephrectomy using a novel Curved Radius R2 Surgical System in anin vivomodel

“…Mental stress of kidney donors is significantly associated with donation that persists beyond the postoperative period. Female gender, positive social and/or psychiatric history, and major graft recipient complications were all significant predictors of a decline in mental health at one month post donation (11).…”