• Living kidney donor surgery is low risk

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    Living kidney donor surgery is low risk for most patients

    Date:
    April 25, 2022
    Source:
    Mayo Clinic
    Summary:
    The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney
    via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a
    20-year study of more than 3,000 living kidney donors. Only 2.5%
    of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all
    recovered completely.



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    The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via
    laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a 20-year
    Mayo Clinic study of more than 3,000 living kidney donors. Only 2.5%
    of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all
    recovered completely.


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    "The results of this study are extremely reassuring for individuals
    who are considering being living kidney donors. We found that this
    lifesaving surgery, when performed at experienced transplant centers, is extremely safe," says Timucin Taner, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Division
    of Transplant Surgery at Mayo Clinic's William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration in Minnesota. Dr. Taner is a co-author of the study.

    The study was published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

    The results are significant, given that nearly 90,000 people in the
    U.S. are waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant. Patients who receive
    a kidney from a living donor generally have better outcomes. Living
    donor kidneys usually function longer than those from deceased donors.

    The retrospective, single-center study is believed to be the largest
    research study to date to examine the risks associated with living kidney donation via laparoscopic surgery. The study involved 3,002 living
    kidney donors who underwent laparoscopic living kidney donor surgery
    at the transplant center from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2019. The study
    tracked complications that occurred up to 120 days after surgery.

    Overall, 12.4% of patients had postsurgical complications, with most of
    them experiencing an infection or hernia related to the incision. Most
    of these complications occurred in the earlier era of the study. No
    patients died.

    Researchers discovered 76% of those complications happened after the
    patient was discharged.

    "While this study reinforces the safety of this surgical procedure,
    it does highlight the importance of following up with the donors after donation. That ensures any complications can be treated quickly without
    any long-term damage," Dr. Taner says.


    ========================================================================== Story Source: Materials provided by Mayo_Clinic. Original written by
    Heather Carlson Kehren.

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    ========================================================================== Journal Reference:
    1. Xiomara Benavides, Richard T. Rogers, Ek Khoon Tan, Massini
    A. Merzkani,
    Sorkko Thirunavukkarasu, Furkan Yigitbilek, Byron H. Smith,
    Andrew D.

    Rule, Aleksandra Kukla, George K. Chow, Julie K. Heimbach, Timucin
    Taner, Patrick G. Dean, Mikel Prieto, Mark D. Stegall. Complications
    After Hand- Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy. Mayo
    Clinic Proceedings, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.11.023 ==========================================================================

    Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220425085722.htm

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