Quality of Life, Pain and Return to Normal Activities Following Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Versus Open Mini-Incision Donor Nephrectomy

Abstract

The laparoscopy group had significantly less postoperative pain and required less time to return to normal functional activities than the mini-incision group. In addition, the laparoscopic group showed significantly higher quality of life scores than the mini-incision group in 3 domains.