Right-sided living donor kidney transplant found safe

The study had limitations, such as its retrospective design, lack of more detailed information about donor and recipient outcomes, and reliance on data as reported by centers, he acknowledged. Also, such large studies may pick up small differences that are not clinically meaningful.

"With ever-increasing demands for living donor transplantation, right-donor nephrectomies are being considered more often. Every effort should be made to leave the donor with the higher-functioning kidney, but at the same time maximizing the living donor pool," Dr. Taber concluded.

Dr. Taber disclosed no relevant conflicts of interest.