Risks of donation and quality of donors’ life after living donor liver transplantation

Summary The purpose is to clarify risks of donation and quality of the donor's life after living‐related donor liver transplantation (LDLTx). Sixty‐eight donors were classified into four groups: lateral segment group (n = 30); left lobe group (n = 18); left lobe with the middle hepatic vein gro...

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Published in:Transplant international 2005-01, Vol.18 (1), p.47-51
Main Authors: Miyagi, Shigehito, Kawagishi, Naoki, Fujimori, Keisei, Sekiguchi, Satoru, Fukumori, Tatsuya, Akamatsu, Yorihiro, Satomi, Susumu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Emotions
Follow-Up Studies
Functional Laterality
General aspects
Health Status
Hepatectomy - adverse effects
Hepatectomy - mortality
Hepatectomy - psychology
Humans
Liver
Living Donors - psychology
living‐related donor liver transplantation
Medical sciences
Mental Health
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Pain - epidemiology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Quality of Life
right lobe
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tissue and Organ Harvesting - adverse effects
Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods
Tissue and Organ Harvesting - psychology
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Summary:Summary The purpose is to clarify risks of donation and quality of the donor's life after living‐related donor liver transplantation (LDLTx). Sixty‐eight donors were classified into four groups: lateral segment group (n = 30); left lobe group (n = 18); left lobe with the middle hepatic vein group (n = 11); right lobe group (n = 9). We investigated (i) the risks of donation, and evaluated the following: blood loss, operation time, postoperative liver function and duration of hospitalization; (ii) quality of donors’ life: donors were mailed a structured questionnaire and the Short‐Form Health Survey (SF‐36), a generic measure assessing quality of life using eight scales. The results were: (i) there were no differences in liver function and duration of hospitalization between four groups; (ii) 48 donors (71%) responded. All donors returned to normalcy. The donors did not regret their decision to donate except two cases whose recipients had died. The donors’ life was almost guaranteed regardless of the lobe we used as the graft.
ISSN:0934-0874
1432-2277
DOI:10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00028.x