Perioperative Complications During Living Donor Nephrectomy: Results From a Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While living kidney donation is considered safe in healthy individuals, perioperative complications can occur due to several factors.

Objective

We explored associations between the incidence of perioperative complications and donor characteristics, surgical technique, and surgeon's experience in a large contemporary cohort of living kidney donors.

Design

Living kidney donors enrolled prospectively in a multicenter cohort study with some data collected retrospectively after enrollment was complete (eg, surgeon characteristics).

Setting

Living kidney donor centers in Canada (n = 12) and Australia (n = 5).

Patients

Living kidney donors who donated between 2004 and 2014 and the surgeons who performed the living kidney donor nephrectomies.

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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Ochoa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6643179 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature