Living-related liver transplantation from the view of the donor: a 1-year follow-up survey

Abstract

Donors viewed LRLT positively. Quality of life after donation did not change. However, donors had a prolonged period of physical rehabilitation, and 41% experienced financial disadvantages.

A Comparison of Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life Surveys in Right Lobe vs. Left Lateral Segment Liver Donors

“…All donors stated that they would "do it again if they had to do it over." This finding tends to be fairly universal among living donors; it has been a consistent finding in other studies (19,20). While there seemed to be psychological benefit to donation, donors did not volunteer that there was any obvious psychological detriment.…”

Donor quality of life before and after adult-to-adult right liver live donor liver transplantation

“…As shown by the previous studies, [23][24][25] being a preselected group, donors were universally healthier than the population norm. Even in the case when HRQL had not returned to the predonation levels, the scores were still better than the population norm.…”

“…Nevertheless, adverse recipient outcomes were not shown to be associated with poor donor satisfactions in previous studies. 33,23 Is a short work-up time associated with an adverse outcome? Until now, only a minority of centers have embarked on ALDLT in the emergency situation because of the fear that the donors are not allowed sufficient time to consider the donation.…”

“…19 In ALDLT, with few exceptions, 20,21 published donor HRQL studies are retrospective and not longitudinal. [22][23][24][25][26] The aim of this study was to prospectively and longitudinally quantify HRQL issues of live liver donors in ALDLT. Attempts were also made to identify donors who were negatively affected and the risk factors accounting for such outcomes.…”

Considering adult living donor liver transplantation: A qualitative study of patients and their potential donors

“…Karliova and colleagues found that living liver donors considered the decision to donate an easy one, which did not require much thought once the option was put to them (Karliova et al , 2002). Our study adds to these findings and has the additional benefit of including the views of potential donors who, for one reason or another, may not proceed with donation.…”