Changes in residual kidney Pulsatility Index following living donor nephrectomy.

Objective: Nephrectomy in kidney transplant donors provokes a compensatory hyperfiltration process of the residual kidney, characterized by changes in renal vascular hemodynamics. This research aimed to determine the short-term difference in the pulsatility index (PI) of kidney transplant donors' residual kidney before and after nephrectomy.

Methods: This is a prospective historical study using secondary data from kidney transplant living donors who have undergone nephrectomy at a tertiary referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, from March 2019 to January 2020.