Comparison of Open and Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation in terms of Perioperative and Postoperative Outcomes
Table 1
Demographic, preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative data of all patients and comparison of the groups.
Parameters (mean ± SD)
All
ORT
RART
Age (year)
40.5 ± 11.4
43.5 ± 11.4
37.3 ± 10.6
<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)
24.2 ± 2.7
24.4 ± 2.1
23.9 ± 3.3
0.215
Preoperative
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
9.9 ± 2
10.3 ± 1.75
9.4 ± 2.2
0.002
Creatinine (mg/dL)
6.8 ± 2.5
6.8 ± 1.9
6.7 ± 2.9
0.739
eGFR (mL/min/1.7)
10.8 ± 3.9
10.7 ± 3.3
10.9 ± 4.4
0.707
Operation time (min)
243.8 ± 47.3
240.6 ± 54.4
247.2 ± 38.2
0.336
TIT (min)
78.8 ± 9.5
71.2 ± 3.3
86.9 ± 7
<0.0001
Warm ischemia time (min)
1.7 ± 0.2
1.7 ± 0.2
1.7 ± 0.1
0.005
Cold ischemia time (min)
34.6 ± 3.1
32.6 ± 2.1
36.8 ± 2.4
<0.0001
Rewarming time (min)
42.3 ± 7.3
36.8 ± 2.6
48.3 ± 6.1
<0.0001
Arterial anastomosis (min)
15.8 ± 1.8
14.5 ± 1.1
17.3 ± 1.2
<0.000
Venous anastomosis (min)
17.9 ± 2.7
16.2 ± 2.1
19.6 ± 2.1
<0.0001
UV anastomosis (min)
16.9 ± 3.6
14.8 ± 2.7
19.1 ± 2.1
<0.0001
EBL (ml)
191 ± 51.9
211.6 ± 27.3
168.8 ± 62.2
<0.0001
Incision length (cm)
8.2 ± 3
10.9 ± 1.3
5.2 ± 0.7
<0.0001
Postoperative 1st day
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
9.4 ± 1.3
9.1 ± 0.9
9.7 ± 1.6
<0.003
Creatinine (mg/dL)
3.8 ± 1.4
3.8 ± 0.8
3.9 ± 1.8
0.644
eGFR (mL/min/1.7)
22 (21)″
24 (12.2)″
18 (21)″
0.550
Length of stay (day)
9 (4.5)″
10 (8)″
10 (3)″
0.023
Drain withdrawal (day)
5 ± 1.8
6.5 ± 1.3
3.4 ± 0.6
<0.0001
VAS
Postoperative
12th hour
6.4 ± 1.1
7 ± 0.9
5.8 ± 1
<0.0001
24th hour
5.3 ± 1.3
6.1 ± 0.8
4.5 ± 1.1
<0.0001
36th hour
4.3 ± 1.3
4.9 ± 1.1
3.7 ± 1.2
<0.0001
48th hour
3.4 ± 1.4
3.9 ± 1.2
2.7 ± 1.2
<0.0001
Mann–Whitney U test. ″Presented as median (interquartile range). ORT, open renal transplantation; RART, robot-assisted renal transplantation; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, mean glomerular filtration rate; TIT, total ischemia time; UV, ureterovesical; EBL, estimated blood loss; VAS, visual analogue scale.
