30 October 2020 : Original article
Comparison of Surgical Techniques in Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis
Qi Xiao1ABCDEFG, Biqi Fu2BCF, Keqin Song1BC, Sufen Chen1BC, Jianfeng Li1BCDF, Jiansheng Xiao1ABCFG*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926677
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e926677

Figure 4 The results of consistency analysis by node-splitting approach and the heat plots between the direct and indirect evidence comparisons among all outcomes of different surgical approaches. OLDN, open living donor nephrectomy; LLDN, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy; HALLDN, hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy; RLDN, robot-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy. 1) Right nephrectomy; (2) left nephrectomy; (3) body mass index (BMI); (4) warm ischemia time; (5) estimated blood loss; (6) operation time; (7) donor intraoperative complications; (8) donor postoperative complications; (9) visual analogue scale (VAS) on day 1; (10) Morphine intake on day 1; (11) donor length of hospital stay; (12) delayed graft function; (13) acute rejection; and (14) 1-year graft survival.