The International Liver Transplant Society Guideline on Living Liver Donation.
The following guideline represents the position of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) on key preoperative, operative, and postoperative aspects surrounding living liver donation. These recommendations were developed from experts in the field from around the world. The authors conducted an analysis of the National Library of Medicine indexed literature on "living donor liver transplantation" [Medline search] using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation methodology. Writing was guided by the ILTS Policy on the Development and Use of Practice Guidelines (www.ilts.org). ILTS members, and many more nonmembers, were invited to comment. Recommendations have been based on information available at the time of final submission (March 2016). The lack of randomized controlled trials in this field to date is acknowledged and is reflected in the grading of evidence. Intended for use by physicians, these recommendations support specific approaches to the diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of care.
1 Liver Transplantation Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. 2 Service d'Hépatologie & Réanimation Hépatodigestive, Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care Unit, Université Paris VII Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, France. 3 William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 4 Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. 5 Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. 6 Starzl Unit of Abdominal Transplantation, St. Luc University Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. 7 Division of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 8 Department of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
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D001706:Biopsy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006085:Graft Survival; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007391:International Cooperation; D010535:Laparoscopy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D019520:Living Donors; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012306:Risk; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome