New study aims to help kidney donors breathe easier after surgery

This study looks at two ways to control pain after laparoscopic kidney donation surgery: a nerve block injected into the belly muscles before surgery, or numbing medicine injected into the surgical cuts at the end. Pain can make people take shallow breaths, which may harm lung function. The goal is to see which method better preserves breathing ability and reduces pain. About 80 adult kidney donors will take part, and neither they nor the study team will know which treatment they received.