[Selection of the approach to conducting nephrectomy in donors- patients' relatives]

The comparative assessment of two types of an approach (lumbotomy and thoracolumbotomy) for the performance of nephrectomy in 99 related donors was carried out. Lumbotomy was performed in 47 donors, the complications developed in 6 (12.8%) of them, including the severe ones--in 4 (8.5%). Duration of hospital stay was in average 27.26 days. Thoracolumbotomy was performed in 52 donors, the complications developed in 14 (26.9%) of them, including a severe one--in 1 (1.9%). Duration of hospital stay of the donors was in average 16 days.