Current practice of live donor nephrectomy in Turkey

Table 1 Transplant center characteristics, composition, and training of the surgical team

Characteristics	Values
Number of kidney transplants performed in 2019	45 (1-484)
Number of kidney transplants from living donors in 2019	28 (1-238)
Number of donor nephrectomies performed in 2019 percenter
5-10	11 (16.5%)
11-25	6 (9.0%)
26-50	9 (13.4%)
51-100	7 (10.4%)
> 100	34 (50.7%)
Primary surgeon
General surgeon	24 (35.8%)
Urologist	16 (23.9%)
Transplant surgeon	27 (40.3%)
Live donor nephrectomy technique
Open donor nephrectomy	19 (28.4%)
Minimally invasive techniques	48 (71.6%)
Number of years using the preferred technique
1-3 yr	12 (17.9%)
3-5 yr	13 (19.4%)
> 5 yr	42 (62.7%)
Type of training received by the surgeon
Fellowship training	28 (41.8%)
Residency training	22 (32.8%)
Surgical courses	14 (20.9%)
Other	13 (19.4%)

Table 2 Rates of declared postoperative complications

	Centers performing open donor nephrectomy, n = 19%	Centers performing minimally invasive techniques, n = 48%	P value
Bleeding	7 (36.8%)	18 (37.5%)	> 0.999
Chyle leak	1 (5.3%)	21 (43.8%)	0.006
Surgical site fluid collection	5 (26.3%)	14 (29.2%)	> 0.999
Urinary retention	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)	> 0.999
Atelectasis	11 (57.9%)	22 (45.8%)	0.536
Pneumonia	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)	> 0.999
Deep vein thrombosis	3 (15.8%)	1 (2.1%)	0.066
Ileus	0 (0.0%)	6 (12.5%)	0.173
Hernia	5 (26.3%)	17 (35.4%)	0.670
Graft loss	1 (5.3%)	1 (2.1%)	0.490
Wound infection	7 (36.8%)	15 (31.3%)	0.880