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  • Transplant Surgery
  • Renal Physiology

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  • Living kidney donors undergo nephrectomy, losing approximately 50% of their renal mass.
  • The remaining kidney compensates, typically recovering about 70% of baseline renal function.
  • Factors influencing this compensatory mechanism are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate factors associated with renal compensation rate (RCR) after living donor nephrectomy.
  • To identify predictors of adequate renal function recovery in kidney donors.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective study of 66 living kidney donors.
  • Donors were categorized by renal compensation rate (RCR): infra-compensation (<70%) vs. normal compensation (>70%).
  • Statistical analysis, including multivariate analysis, was used to identify predictors of RCR.

Main Results:

  • Lower baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and higher baseline creatinine were associated with better RCR (>70%).
  • Multivariate analysis confirmed baseline eGFR as a predictor: higher baseline eGFR correlated with a lower likelihood of >70% compensation.
  • Specifically, compensation rate decreased with increasing baseline eGFR (MDRD-4: 0.4% per ml/min; CKD-EPI: 0.3% per ml/min).

Conclusions:

  • The remaining kidney partially compensates for renal mass loss one year after living donor nephrectomy.
  • Baseline eGFR is inversely proportional to the one-year renal compensation rate in kidney donors.