title: Right hepatic lobe living donation: a 12 years single Italian center experience.
abstract: Mini invasive techniques are taking over conventional open liver resections in the setting of left lateral segmentectomy for living liver donation, and hydride procedure are being implemented for the living related right hepatectomy. Our center routinely performs laparoscopic left lateral segmentectomy for pediatric recipient and has been the first in the Europe performing an entirely robotic right hepatectomy. Great emphasis is posed on living donor safety which is the first priority during the entire operation, then the most majority of our procedures are still conventional open right hepatectomy (RHLD), defined as removal of a portion of liver corresponding to Couinaud segments 5-8, in order to obtain a graft for adult to adult living related liver transplant. During this 10 years period some changes, herein highlighted, have occurred to our surgical techniques. This study reports the largest Italian experience with RHLD, focused on surgical technique evolution over a 10 years period. Donor safety must be the first priority in right-lobe living-related donation: the categorization of complications of living donors, specially, after this "highly sensitive" procedure, reflects the need for prompt and detailed reports.
authors.affiliation: Salvatore Gruttadauria, Duilio Pagano, Davide Cintorino, Antonio Arcadipane, Mario Traina, Riccardo Volpes, Angelo Luca, Giovanni Vizzini, Bruno Gridelli, Marco Spada, Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gruttadauria
authors.forename: Duilio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cintorino
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arcadipane
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traina
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Volpes
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luca
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vizzini
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gridelli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D046148:Donor Selection; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D061214:Patient Safety; D012307:Risk Factors; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adult-to-adult living-related liver transplantation; Liver regeneration; Liver resections; Liver surgery; Liver transplantation