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- Title
Current Trends and Short-term Outcomes of Live Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-based Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
- Authors
Colombo, Beth; Singla, Anand; YouFu Li; Tseng, Jennifer F.; Saidi, Reza F.; Bozorgzadeh, Adel; Shah, Shimul A.
- Abstract
Background: Recent United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) data suggest that live kidney donation is stagnant. Current practices and trends in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) among the transplant community remain largely unknown. Materials and methods: From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 1998 to 2006, patients undergoing LDN ( n = 9,437) were identified. Results: Live kidney donation in the United States did not show an increase in the NIS. Of the live donor cases recorded, 58 (0.61%) were associated with a major short-term complication. The number of LDNs performed by transplant surgeons decreased over the study period from 76.5% in 1998 to 30.4% in 2006. Conclusions: In the United Stares, LDNs are performed safely with a low short-term complication rate. Despite the use of laparoscopy and the increased need of donor organs, the rate of LDN in kidney transplantation has not increased proportionally.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ORGAN donation; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; KIDNEY surgery; KIDNEY transplantation; ORGAN donors
- Publication
World Journal of Surgery, 2010, Vol 34, Issue 12, p2985
- ISSN
0364-2313
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00268-010-0770-3