Complications in living liver donors after partial liver procurement: an illustrative radiologic review.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to present an illustrative radiologic review of the usual postoperative findings and of various postoperative complications in living liver donors.


CONCLUSIONS
Radiologic studies can reveal various complications in living liver donors after partial liver resection. Meticulous radiologic surveillance is mandatory for living liver donors during the early postoperative period because their safety is of primary concern in living donor liver transplantation.
Kwon
Heon-Ju
HJ
Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1, Pungnap 2-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
Kim
Kyoung Won
KW
Park
Ji Yeon
JY
Lee
Seung Soo
SS
Kim
Min Ju
MJ
Lee
Moon-Gyu
MG
Lee
Sung Gyu
SG
D000328:Adult; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed