Analysis of surgical and perioperative complications in seventy-five right hepatectomies for living donor liver transplantation.
OBJECTIVE
To present an analysis of the surgical and perioperative complications in a series of seventy-five right hepatectomies for living-donation (RHLD) performed in our center.


METHODS
From January 2002 to September 2007, we performed 75 RHLD, defined as removal of a portion of the liver corresponding to Couinaud segments 5-8, in order to obtain a graft for adult to adult living-related liver transplantation (ALRLT). Surgical complications were stratified according to the most recent version of the Clavien classification of postoperative surgical complications. The perioperative period was defined as within 90 d of surgery.


RESULTS
No living donor mortality was present in this series, no donor operation was aborted and no donors received any blood transfusion. Twenty-three (30.6%) living donors presented one or more episodes of complication in the perioperative period. Seven patients (9.33%) out of 75 developed biliary complications, which were the most common complications in our series.


CONCLUSIONS
The need to define, categorize and record complications when healthy individuals, such as living donors, undergo a major surgical procedure, such as a right hepatectomy, reflects the need for prompt and detailed reports of complications arising in this particular category of patient. Perioperative complications and post resection liver regeneration are not influenced by anatomic variations or patient demographic.
Department of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo 90127, Italy. sgruttadauria@ismett.edu
Salvatore
S
Gruttadauria
James Wallis
JW
Marsh
Giovan Battista
GB
Vizzini
Fabrizio
F
di Francesco
Angelo
A
Luca
Riccardo
R
Volpes
Amadeo
A
Marcos
Bruno
B
Gridelli
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged