ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2020
Pain expectancy, prevalence, severity, and patterns following donor nephrectomy: Findings from the KDOC Study.
Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2020. 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 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses 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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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ultrasound-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Nephrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of African medicine · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Effect of progressive muscle relaxation on postoperative pain in laparoscopic living kidney donors: a randomized controlled trial.BMC surgery · 2025Trial
- Comparison of the impact of propofol versus sevoflurane on early postoperative recovery in living donors after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a prospective randomized controlled study.BMC anesthesiology · 2020Trial
- Psychosocial Health and Quality of Life Among Living Kidney Donors: A Study From a Tertiary Care Center in South India.Kidney medicine · 2026Article
- Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Comfort Needs of Renal Transplant Recipients: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Opioid Consumption After Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy in Early Postoperative Recovery Phase: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Living Kidney Donation: A Narrative Review of Mid- and Long-term Psychosocial Outcomes.Transplantation · 2025Review
- The Value of Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in Predicting Postoperative Pain in Living Kidney Donors: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- 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
Postoperative pain is an outcome of importance to potential living kidney donors (LKDs). We prospectively characterized the prevalence, severity, and patterns of acute or chronic postoperative pain in 193 LKDs at six transplant programs. Three pain measurements were obtained from donors on postoperative Day (POD) 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 41, 49, and 56. The median pain rating total was highest on POD1 and declined from each assessment to the next until reaching a median pain-free score of 0 on POD49. In generalized linear mixed-model analysis, the mean pain score decreased at each pain assessment compared to the POD3 assessment. Pre-donation history of mood disorder (adjusted ratio of means [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 1.40 [0.99, 1.98]), reporting "severe" on any POD1 pain descriptors (adjusted ratio of means [95% CI]: 1.47 [1.12, 1.93]) and open nephrectomy (adjusted ratio of means [95% CI]: 2.61 [1.03, 6.62]) were associated with higher pain scores across time. Of the 179 LKDs who completed the final pain assessment, 74 (41%) met criteria for chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), that is, any donation-related pain on POD56. Study findings have potential implications for LKD education, surgical consent, postdonation care, and outcome measurements.
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