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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: World J Surg. 2021 Jan 23;45(5):1504–1513. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05943-y

Table 2.

Operative characteristics among all kidney transplant recipients, stratified by achievement of a textbook outcome (TO).

Characteristica Achieved TO
N = 245 (44%)
Failed TO
N = 312 (56%)
P-value
Cold ischemic time (minutes)
 All kidneys 868 (109–1320) 1032 (531–1460) <0.01
 Non-pumped kidneys only 107 (66–272) 133 (81–692) 0.03
Warm ischemic time (minutes) 28 (23–32) 29 (24–33) 0.03
Missing 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%)
Total ischemic time (minutes) 915 (136–1348) 1058 (540–1492) <0.01
Missing 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%)
Estimated blood loss (mL) 100 (100–200) 150 (100–200) <0.01
Missing 1 (0.4%) 3 (1.0%)
Transfusion requirement (units)
 Packed red blood cells 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.2
Missing 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%)
 Fresh frozen plasma 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.2
Missing 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Machine perfusion used 127 (52%) 199 (64) <0.01
Donor type
 Living donor 89 (36%) 74 (24%) <0.01
 Donation after brain death donor 121 (50%) 166 (53%) 0.4
 Donation after circulatory death donor 35 (14%) 72 (23%) <0.01
US Public Health Service increased risk for disease transmission donorb 63 (26%) 70 (22%) 0.02
Extended criteria donorb 19 (8%) 36 (12%) 0.4
Donor serologies
 Epstein-Barr virus positive 235 (96%) 297 (95%) 0.9
Missing 0 (0%) 2 (0.6%)
 Cytomegalovirus positive 141 (58%) 185 (59%) 0.7
Kidney Donor Profile Index (%)b 48 (26–66) 56 (34–71) 0.048
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch 4 (3–5) 4 (3–5) <0.01
Missing 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%)
Graft laterality 0.056
 Right 83 (34%) 134 (43%)
 Left 160 (65%) 173 (55%)
 Dual 2 (0.8%) 5 (2%)
Ureteral stent used 147 (60%) 224 (72%) <0.01
Drain placed in the operating room 46 (19%) 84 (27%) 0.02
a

Presented as median (interquartile range) for continuous variables and frequency (proportion) for categorical variables.

b

Recorded for deceased donors only.