Early Complications in Kidney Donors and Course of Health-related Quality of Life 12 mo After Donation: An Analysis of the Swiss Organ Living-Donor Health Registry.

Background: Since 1998, the Swiss Organ Living-Donor Health Registry (SOL-DHR) has recorded peri- and postoperative complications of living kidney (LK) donors, as reported by all Swiss transplant centers and has collected follow-up data prospectively.

Methods: We analyzed the early complications of 2379 consecutive individuals who donated a kidney between January 1998 and June 2022 and assessed their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) 1 y after donation.

Results: In total, 447 early complications in 404/2379 LK donors (17.