Comparison of Donor Outcomes After Hand-Assisted and Robotic Minimally Invasive Kidney Transplants

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to compare patient outcomes between two minimally invasive kidney transplant methodshand-assisted and robotic nephrectomyused in living donors. Kidney transplantation is preferred for patients with end-stage kidney disease, offering better life expectancy and quality of life than dialysis. Living donor transplants provide advantages in graft function and timing, and minimally invasive techniques have increased living donation rates by reducing complications and recovery time. The study is a retrospective review of clinical data from donors and recipients who received either hand-assisted or robotic minimally invasive kidney transplants at a single center between January 2006 and November 2019. Data include patient demographics, surgical details, hospital stay, complications, and costs. This comparison will help understand differences in outcomes between the two surgical approaches. Participants data will be collected from electronic medical records, focusing on variables such as operating room time, warm ischemia time, estimated blood loss, complication rates, length of hospital stay, readmissions within 30 days, body mass index, hospital costs, and kidney function at discharge. The study covers all eligible donors and recipients treated during the specified period, with no follow-up beyond the hospital discharge and readmission data.

Donor Outcomes Following Hand-Assisted and Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomy: a Retrospective Review