Simultaneous nephrectomy during kidney transplantation for polycystic kidney disease does not detrimentally impact comorbidity and graft survival

Table 2 Surgical data of 154 recipients suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with or without associated ipsilateral nephrectomy during isolated kidney transplantation in a single-center transplant program from January 2007 until January 2019

	KT alone group (n = 77)	KT with associated ipsilateral nephrectomy (n = 77)	P value
Indications for associated nephrectomy, n (%)
Creating space for graft positioning, n (%)		74 (96.1)
Pain, n (%)		29 (37.7)
Recurrent urinary tract infections, n (%)		11 (14.3)
Hematuria, n (%)		30 (39.0)
Digestive symptoms, n (%)		3 (3.9)
Lithiasis, n (%)		9 (11.7)
Anastomosis time1, min	39.61 ± 9.782	36.96 ± 10.10	NS
Cold ischemia time, min	827.56 ± 446.12	767.87 ± 436.81	NS
Total surgical time, min	169.07 ± 44.31	223.29 ± 71.96	a
Weight of removed native kidney, g		2073.94 ± 1197.89

¹Time from kidney out of ice water until moment of in vivo blood reperfusion.

^aP < 0.05. Data are given as the mean ± SD. ADPKD: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; NT: Not significant; KT: Kidney transplantation; NS: No significance.