Left hepatectomy versus right hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation: Shifting the risk from the donor to the recipient

Garrett R. Roll, Justin R. Parekh, William F. Parker, Mark Siegler, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Nancy L. Ascher, John Paul Roberts – 27 February 2013 – Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), originally used in children with left lateral segment grafts, has been expanded to adults who require larger grafts to support liver function. Most adult LDLT procedures have been performed with right lobe grafts, and this means a significant risk of morbidity for the donors. To minimize the donor risk for adults, there is renewed interest in smaller left lobe grafts.

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