Health-Related Quality of Life After Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Laparoscopic Versus Open Nephrectomy

Abstract

Donors undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy reported less bodily pain in the first 6 weeks postdonation, and this was associated with an improved mental health component of quality of life compared with ODN (51.9±7.2 vs. 45.3±10.1; P=0.0009).