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Living donor hepatectomy: The importance of the residual liver volume by Trevor W. Reichman; Charbel Sandroussi; Solomon M. Azouz; Lesley Adcock; Mark S. Cattral; Ian D. McGilvray; Paul D. Greig; Anand Ghanekar; Markus Selzner; Gary Levy; David R. Grant is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Living donor hepatectomy: The importance of the residual liver volume about?
Living liver donation is a successful treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease. Most adults are provided with a right lobe graft to ensure a generous recipient liver volume. Some centers are re-exploring the use of smaller left lobe grafts to potentially reduce the donor risk. However, the evidence showing that the donor risk is lower with left lobe donation is inconsistent, and most previous studies have been limited by potential learning curve effects, small sample sizes, or poorly matched comparison groups. To address these deficiencies, we conducted a case-control study. Forty-five consecutive patients who underwent left hepatectomy (LH; n 1⁄4 4) or left lateral segmentectomy (LLS; n 1⁄4 41) were compared with matched controls who underwent right hepatectomy (RH) or extended right hepatectomy (ERH). The overall complication rates of the 3 groups were similar (31%-37%). There were no grade 4 or 5 complications. There were more grade 3 complications for the RH patients (13.3%) and the ERH patients (15.6%) versus the LH/LLS patients (2.2%). The extent of the liver resection significantly correlated with the peak international normalized ratio (INR), the days to INR norm
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- Author
- Trevor W. Reichman; Charbel Sandroussi; Solomon M. Azouz; Lesley Adcock; Mark S. Cattral; Ian D. McGilvray; Paul D. Greig; Anand Ghanekar; Markus Selzner; Gary Levy; David R. Grant
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)