Abstract
We aimed to investigate the outcome of patients after RDN at different time points. We studied the outcomes of 77 living robotic living donor nephrectomies (RDN). Donors were separated into three groups: learning curve period (LCP), stabilisation period (SP), and teaching period (TP). There were significant differences in blood loss and hospitalisation times between the three groups. Operative time was significantly shorter in the LCP group compared with the SP and TP groups (282±51.6min vs. 308±38.7min vs. 314±28.7, p=0.02). However, warm ischaemia time was shorter in the TP group compared with the LCP and SP groups (5.0±3.6min vs. 3.4±3.2min vs. 1.5±1.3min, p<0.01). Complication rates were higher in the LCP group compared with the SP and TP groups (p=0.04). This study demonstrated that RDN outcomes improve after the learning period.
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