Can robot-assisted kidney transplantation provide higher quality of life than open kidney transplantation during the early postoperative period?

Journal: International journal of clinical practice
PMID: 33928721

Abstract

PURPOSE: Purpose of this study is to investigate the quality of life (QoL) in patients with end-stage renal disease who underwent open or robot-assisted kidney transplantation (OKT and RAKT).

Authors

  • Mithat Ekşi
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Selcuk Sahin
    Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • İsmail Evren
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Yusuf Arıkan
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Fatih Gökhan Akbay
    Department of Nephrology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Serdar Karadağ
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Ahmet Faysal Güler
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Zülal Çelik
    Department of Psychiatry, Karaman Training and Research Hospital, Karaman, Turkey.
  • Süheyla Apaydın
    Department of Nephrology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Ali İhsan Taşçı
    Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Volkan Tugcu
    Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul.

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