title: Systematic review of the safety of living liver donors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Since the first living liver transplantation, the procedure has become routine with an excellent outcome and the shortage of organs for recipients has generated enthusiasm for living donor liver transplantation. One of the major challenges is the safety of the donor after donation. Here, we try to evaluate the overall safety of living donors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review examines the donor's complications by using the Clavien score system, observes the changes of the laboratory test including the liver and kidney functions and the blood routine, meanwhile the quality of life after operation is also investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The safety of living donors included complications, changes in laboratory examinations and the quality of the mental and physical health, and work after donation. The complication rate of the living liver donor ranges from 9.4% to 67%, and the most common complication are biliary complications, ranges from 11.1%-82.3%, if donors' liver function is damaged in the first week there is slow recovery, the qualities of life is mostly unaffected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Donation is a safe procedure for the donor and valuable for the recipient.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplantation Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Jinjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jianyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Wentao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lunan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase