Objective:

The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of right-and left-sided live donor nephrectomies using the inverted kidney transplantation technique for right live donor nephrectomy on transplantation.

Material and methods:

A retrospective review was done for the cases of live donor nephrectomy, either as open donor nephrectomy or laparoscopic donor nephrectomy between 2004 and 2019. Inverted kidney transplantation was used with right-sided grafts. The variables of the right-and left-sided live donor nephrectomies were compared.

Results:

There were 202 live donor nephrectomies including 71 (35.1%) open donor nephrectomies and 131 (64.9%) laparoscopic donor nephrectomies with 4 cases of conversion to open donor nephrectomy. There were 119 (58.9%) right-sided and 83 (41.1%) left-sided live donor nephrectomies with insignificantly different mean operative time (123 and 127 minutes; P …