Preoperative Evaluation for Living Liver Transplantation

Preoperative evaluation of liver volume in living donor liver transplantation

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the difference between the preoperative estimated volume and the actual intraoperative graft volume determined in donor right hepatectomies and to evaluate the possible effect of age, gender, and body mass index on the difference. METHODS A total of 225 donor hepatectomies performed at the center between 2016 and 2017 were...

Evaluation of the donor liver for living donor liver transplantation.

Key Points 1. Accurate assessment of the donor liver is an important component of the living donor liver evaluation and is critical to ensure a successful outcome for both donor and recipient. 2. Liver biochemistry tests, viral hepatitis serological tests, tests to exclude chronic liver disease, and volumetric computed tomographic or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the liver are performed ro...

HepaVision2 – A software assistant for preoperative planning in living-related liver transplantation and oncologic liver surgery

HepaVision2, a user friendly software application for preoperative planning based on CT images in liver surgery is presented. It is intended for both, evaluation of potential donors in living-related liver transplantation and planning of oncologic resections. The planning takes into account the patient’s individual anatomy allowing for fully automatic calculation of individual resection proposa...

LIVING-RELATED LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN: THE SHIRAZ EXPERIENCE

The liver transplantation program was established at Shiraz Nemazee Hospital in 1993. Shortage of cadaver organ supply due to various social and legal issues urged us to develop a living-related liver transplantation (LRLT) program. So far 7 (6 males, 1 female) living-related liver transplantations have been performed at this center. The mean age of patients was 8.21 years (+/- 4.16), with ...

Living donor liver transplantation.