title: Living-donor liver transplantation in adults: Tokyo University experience.
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the experience of a single center with living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for adult patients. Ninety consecutive LDLT procedures were analyzed. Preoperative status, morbidity, hospital stay duration, and postoperative graft function and survival rates were examined. Donors showed only minimal morbidity and were discharged 15 +/- 6 days after LDLT. Morbidity in the patients included acute rejection (32%), vascular complications (8%), and biliary complications (20%). The mortality rate was 6% and three additional patients experienced late death. The 2-year cumulative survival rate was 92%. The present results suggest that LDLT can be performed with an acceptable outcome in adult patients.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
mesh_terms: D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007902:Length of Stay; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome