title: Long-term health-related quality of life in living liver donors: A south Asian experience.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL), changes in lifestyle, and complications in living liver donors at a single transplant center from southern India.
  
  
  
  A total of 64 consecutive living liver donors from 2008 to 2011 were evaluated; 46 of 64 donors completed the short form 36 (SF-36) via telephonic interviews or clinic consultations. Mean follow-up was 48 months (range: 37-84 months).
  
  
  
  There was no mortality in the donors evaluated. Overall morbidity was 23%, which included wound infections (4.3%), incisional hernia (2.1%), biliary leak (4.3%), and nonspecific complaints regarding the incision site (15.2%). All 46 donors who completed the SF-36 had no change in career path or predonation lifestyle. A total of 40 of 46 (87%) donors had no limitations, decrements, or disability in any domain, while six of 46 (13%) had these in some domains of which general health (GH) was most severely affected.
  
  
  
  Living donor hepatectomy is safe with acceptable morbidity and excellent long-term HRQOL with no change in career path or significant alteration of lifestyle for donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: P Thomas
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Ashish Kumar
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0959-5007
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: S M Faisal
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sathyanarayanan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Ravichandra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raya
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Health City, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Venugopal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kota
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Global Health City, Chennai, India.|Consultant Surgeon, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rela
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 
  HRQOL
  ; biliary complications; complications; donor hepatectomy; follow-up; outcomes