Clinical aspects of living related liver grafts harvesting

Abstract

Seven years experience of liver resection in living related donors for orthotopic transplantation in patients with end-stages diffuse and focal diseases of the liver is summarized. Basic principles of donor selection, surgical technique and postoperative course were studied in 104 cases of right and left liver graft harvesting. The postoperative incidence consisted of hemorrhage - 1 (1,1%), hernia - 1 (1,1%), bile leakage - 3 (3,3%). All donors survived with full medical and social rehabilitation.