title: Another option for laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: a single center experience comparing two-port versus hand-assisted technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical outcomes of two-port laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (TPLDN) vs hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between November 2010 and March 2012, 100 kidney donors scheduled for left nephrectomy were alternatively assigned to HALDN or TPLDN in a 1:1 fashion. All procedures were performed by the same laparoscopic surgeon. Demographic data and intraoperative and early postoperative data were collected prospectively and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference in the operating time (133±12 vs 142±17 min, P=0.07), blood loss (55±46 vs 58±52 mL, P=0.84), complication rate (10% vs 12%, P=0.74), and length of hospital stay (3.8±0.8 vs 4.1±2.8 days, P=0.5) between the HALDN and TPLDN groups. The warm ischemia time was longer in the TPLDN group (2.2±0.7 vs 3.5±0.9 min, P<0.001). No statistically significant differences were found in the analgesic requirement and the visual analog pain scores. There was a trend toward quicker return to 100% recovery in the TPLDN group (60±46 vs 39±15 days, P=0.05). The TPLDN group had a significantly smaller surgical incision (8.2±0.6 vs 5.5±0.4 cm, P<0.001) and higher scar satisfaction score (7.8±1.5 vs 8.6±1.3, P=0.02) than the HALDN group. No differences were found in the recipient serum creatinine values or in the incidence of delayed graft function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In comparing TPLDN and HALDN, there was no significant difference in a majority of the operative and postoperative parameters. TPLDN might be associated with smaller surgical incision, improved cosmetic satisfaction, and equivalent recipient graft function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuk Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Yong Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Woong Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Jang Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Sung-Hoo
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Ji Youl
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sae Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Kon
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Yong-Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D058733:Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*