Early complications after living donor nephrectomy: analysis of the Swiss Organ Living Donor Health Registry.

CONCLUSION: We found a low rate of major and minor complications, independent of surgical technique, after living donor nephrectomy. There was no elevated complication rate in obese donors. In contrast, elderly donors >70 years had an elevated risk for perioperative complications. PMID: 28871572 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28871572?dopt=Abstract

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - September 5, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Burkhalter F, Huynh-Do U, Hadaya K, Matter M, Müller T, Binet I, Nolte C, Steiger J Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research