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Optimal surgical workup to ensure safe recovery of the donor after living liver donation – A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations

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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.

Keywords: optimal surgical; liver; donor; workup; surgical workup; recovery

Journal Title: Clinical Transplantation
Year Published: 2022

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