Living donor liver transplantation in adults: outcome in Europe.
1. Eleven European centers have performed 228 living donor liver transplants (LDLT): 105 in children and 123 in adults. 2. Right lobe donation was used in 111 of 123 adult cases (90%). 3. There was 1 donor death ( approximately 0.8%), and 17.8% of donors experienced significant complications. 4. Eighty-six percent of recipients and 83% of grafts survived. Biliary complications occurred in 14.6%.
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Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University of Essen, Essen, Germany. christoph.broelsch@uni-essen.de
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Valentin Gamazo
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D000328:Adult; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019520:Living Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome