Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy on the Right Side Provides Equivalent Outcomes and Donor Safety to That on the Left Side

Safety and graft outcome of right retroperitoneal laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for living donor kidney transplantation: A comparison with left retroperitoneal laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

“…The difference in WIT between the right and left RDN groups was only 2 min in this study, whereas previous reports defined a significant difference in WIT as more than 20 min. 16 Other previous study of RDN 14 showed similar results for transplant outcomes, indicating that although the WIT for right nephrectomy was longer than that for left nephrectomy, the difference was only 50 s and did not significantly affect the graft outcome. In this study, despite the use of kidneys with stones and impaired renal function, there was no difference in graft function between the left and right RDN groups, which could be attributed to differences in patient background between the two groups; more males donated their kidneys in the right RDN F I G U R E 2 (A) Estimated glomerular filtration rate of the recipient from 1 to 14 days after transplantation.…”

“…A previous study on RDN also reported that the right RDN required a longer operation time than the left RDN. 14 Conversely, the operation time for donor nephrectomy was reported to be shorter in right donor nephrectomy than in left nephrectomy in transabdominal approaches. [6][7][8] Posselt et al suggested that one reason for the shorter operation time in right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy than in left nephrectomy is that less extensive dissection of the colon is needed to allow adequate mobilization of the right ureter.…”