Aborted donor hepatectomy in living donor liver transplantation: lessons learned

Laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy for liver transplantation in children.

BACKGROUND Because cadaveric organ donors are in short supply, living donors are increasingly being used in transplantations. We have developed a safe and reproducible method for laparoscopic liver resection. METHODS Left hepatic lobectomy (resection of segments 2 and 3) was done by laparoscopy in one woman aged 27 years and one man aged 31 years. The grafts were prepared under laparoscopy, w...

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is probably the most high-profile of all surgical enterprises. At the same time, it is an amazing act of altruism. It requires hard work of dedicated multidisciplinary medical teams coupled with the courage of the patients and their families. The concept of LDLT is based on the following two factors: (1) the remarkable regenerative capacity of the liver...

Gastric Volvulus Complicates the Hepatectomy for Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Donor safety is the major concern in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), and a constant aware of postoperative morbidity should be emphasized. Between March 2002 and May 2011 we performed 435 liver transplantations at an our center, one hundred forty eight with living donors. Among them left lobectomy or left lateral resections were conducted in 68 cases. Symptoms of gastric obstruction ...