The essential premise of living donor liver transplantation is the assurance that the donors will have a complication‐free perioperative course and a prompt recovery. Selection of appropriate donors is the… Click to show full abstract
The essential premise of living donor liver transplantation is the assurance that the donors will have a complication‐free perioperative course and a prompt recovery. Selection of appropriate donors is the first step to support this premise and is based on tests that constitute the donor workup. The exclusion of liver pathologies and assessment of liver anatomy and volume in the donor candidate are the most important elements in the selection of the appropriate candidate.
               
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