Hepatectomy

Study results from Toronto General Hospital broaden understanding of hepatectomy

Published in Blood Weekly, April 1st, 2010

According to recent research published in the American Journal of Transplantation, "Donor safety is the paramount concern of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Although LDLT is employed worldwide, there is little data on rates and causes of 'no go' hepatectomies-patients brought to the operating room for possible donor hepatectomy whose procedure was aborted."

"We performed a single-center, retrospective review of all patients brought to the operating room for donor hepatectomy between October 2000 and November 2008. Of 257 right lobe donors, the donor operation was aborted in 12 cases (4.7%). The main reasons for stopping the operation were aberrant...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-04-01)

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