ArticleThe British journal of surgery2019
Chronic pain after hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
Article in The British journal of surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07396753 (The Effects of Transversalis Fascia Plane Block on Opioid Consumption in Patients Undergoing Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effects of Transversalis Fascia Plane Block on Opioid Consumption in Patients Undergoing Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Analgesic effects of erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.World journal of urology · 2025Pooled it
- Modified versus traditional subcostal anterior quadratus lumborum block for postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic nephrectomy: a randomized-controlled study.Journal of anesthesia · 2025Trial
- Psychosocial Health and Quality of Life Among Living Kidney Donors: A Study From a Tertiary Care Center in South India.Kidney medicine · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block for perioperative analgesia in laparoscopic nephrectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of nephrology · 2025Article
- Optimized Surgical Outcomes in Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-Center Experience with 250 Cases Using a Novel Technique.Urology research & practice · 2025Article
- Living Kidney Donation: A Narrative Review of Mid- and Long-term Psychosocial Outcomes.Transplantation · 2025Review
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- Comparison of modified hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic laparoscopic nephrectomy and open nephrectomy in patients with benign inflammatory non-functioning kidney diseases.Translational andrology and urology · 2021Article
- Enhanced Recovery after Surgery: History, Key Advancements and Developments in Transplant Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- The Association between Body Composition Measurements and Surgical Complications after Living Kidney Donation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Pain expectancy, prevalence, severity, and patterns following donor nephrectomy: Findings from the KDOC Study.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020Article
- Kidney temperature during living donor kidney transplantation is associated with short-term measured glomerular filtration rate - a prospective study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2020Article
- Living donor hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy in a healthy individual with situs inversus totalis: no need to turn down the donor.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Post-donation satisfaction in kidney transplantation: a survey of living donors in Japan.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Evaluation of acute postoperative pain management after living donor nephrectomy during the transition from open access to laparoscopic and minimally invasive robotic surgical approach.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundData on chronic pain after kidney donation are sparse. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of chronic pain after hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.
methodsLiving kidney donors who donated between 2011 and 2017 at the University Medical Centre Groningen were included. All patients underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Postdonation pain and movement disabilities were assessed using the Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS) and a visual analogue scale (VAS). The prevalence, severity of pain and the need for analgesics were reported.
resultsSome 333 living kidney donors with a mean age of 56 years were included. At a median of 19 (i.q.r. 10-33) months after donation, 82 donors (24·6 per cent) had a CCS score above 0, of which 58 (71 per cent) had a CCS score of at least 2 and 57 (70 per cent) reported movement limitations. Some 110 donors (33·0 per cent) had a VAS score of more than 0. Complaints mainly occurred during bending over (12·3 per cent) and exercising (12·4 per cent). Thirty-two donors (9·7 per cent) required analgesics during follow-up between donation and the time of measurement, and six of 82 (7 per cent) reported chronic inguinal pain. In multivariable analysis, donor age (odds ratio (OR) 0·97, 95 per cent c.i. 0·95 to 0·99; P = 0·020) and length of hospital stay (OR 1·21, 1·01 to 1·51; P = 0·041) were independently associated with chronic pain.
conclusionOne-quarter of donors experienced chronic postdonation pain or discomfort, most of which was bothersome. Younger donors and those with a longer postoperative hospital stay had more symptoms.
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