title: Applicability of living donor liver transplantation in a program of adult liver transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to investigate the applicability of living donor liver transplantation in a program of adult liver transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied the outcomes of the evaluation of 71 potential donor candidates for 53 adult candidates to liver transplantation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten of the potential donor candidates did not complete their evaluation. Among the remaining 61 potential donors, 29 (47.5%) were considered to be suitable donors. Only 17 (24% of the 71 initial candidates) underwent donation. The main causes for unsuitability for liver donation were a small remnant liver and vascular anatomic variants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fewer than 25% of potential liver donors became effective donors leading us to conclude that adult living donor liver transplantation has a low applicability.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. iherrero@unav.es
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rotellar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zozaya
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alegre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Avola
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quiroga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome