A population-based cohort study evaluated the long-term scrotal surgery rates after laparoscopic nephrectomy in male living kidney donors compared with nondonors. The findings revealed that the cumulative incidence for scrotal surgery among donors was one in eight after 20 years, compared with one in 143 for nondonors. Even with this risk, most males who donate a kidney won’t develop this complication, so it shouldn’t discourage donation. Encouraging kidney donation remains vital.
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