Donor safety in living donor liver transplantation: The Korean organ transplantation registry study

Jae Geun Lee, Kwang‐Woong Lee, Choon Hyuck David Kwon, Chong Woo Chu, Bong‐Wan Kim, Dong Lak Choi, Young Kyoung You, Dong‐Sik Kim, Yang Won Nah, Koo Jeong Kang, In Soek Choi, Hee Chul Yu, Geun Hong, Ho‐Seong Han, Shin Hwang, Myoung Soo Kim – 21 April 2017 – Major concerns about donor safety cause controversy and limit the use of living donor liver transplantation to overcome organ shortages. The Korean Organ Transplantation Registry established a nationwide organ transplantation registration system in 2014.

Significance of measured intraoperative portal vein flows after thrombendvenectomy in deceased donor liver transplantations with portal vein thrombosis

Mark Draoua, Nicole Titze, Amar Gupta, Hoylan T. Fernandez, Michael Ramsay, Giovanna Saracino, Gregory McKenna, Giuliano Testa, Goran B. Klintmalm, Peter T. W. Kim – 20 April 2017 – Adequate portal vein (PV) flow in liver transplantation is essential for a good outcome, and it may be compromised in patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT). This study evaluated the impact of intraoperatively measured PV flow after PV thrombendvenectomy on outcomes after deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT).

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