Table 1.
Donor and Receiver Characteristics in Laparoscopic Versus Transvaginal Nephrectomy Groups
| LLDNa (n = 70) |
TVNALDNa (n = 45) |
P Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (Minimum-Maximum) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | Median (Minimum-Maximum) | n (%) | ||
| Donor characteristics | |||||||
| Age (y) | 48.2 (12.2) | 48 (26–75) | 46.9 (11.0) | 46 (30–78) | .559 | ||
| BMIa (kg/m2) | 30.5 (5.2) | 31 (20.5–41.0) | 30.3 (4.1) | 30 (22.5–39.9) | .998 | ||
| POa serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.60 (0.12) | 0.60 (0.29–0.93) | 0.60 (0.10) | 0.60 (0.42–0.78) | .069 | ||
| Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) | 37 (52.9) | 23 (51.1) | .855 | ||||
| Operation side | <.001b | ||||||
| Right | 37 (52.9) | 5 (11.1) | |||||
| Left | 33 (47.1) | 40 (88.9) | |||||
| Abdominal operation history | 28 (40.0) | 12 (26.7) | .143 | ||||
| Receiver characteristics | |||||||
| Gender | .363 | ||||||
| Male | 55 (78.6) | 32 (71.1) | |||||
| Female | 15 (21.4) | 13 (28.9) | |||||
| Age (y) | 39.1 (16.2) | 38 (2–76) | 36.2 (15.4) | 33 (4–62) | .346 | ||
a
BMI = body mass index; LLDN = laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy; PO = postoperative; TVNALDN = transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery–assisted living-donor nephrectomy.
b
Statistically significant.