title: [Perioperative nursing of 50 recipients undergoing adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the perioperative nursing experience for recipients undergoing adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation(A-ALDLT).
  
  
  METHODS
  50 cases of recipients undergoing A-ALDLT in our hospital January 2002 to July 2006 were retrospectively analyzed for perioperative nursing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the successful operations for A-ALDLT got without nursing complications. 1-year survival rate was 92%, which means the care effect was satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perioperative nursing is one important factor of elements to guarantee the success of LDLT. The actively and effectively perioperative nursing measures are the important insurance to the recipients' recovery from graft operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yan-li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ai-hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018529:Nutritional Support; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult