Abstract:TO THE EDITORS:We thank Butt et al. 1 for their interest in our article on quality of life (QOL) in actual and potential living liver donors.2 In reply, we would like to address their methodological concerns.The first concern is related to the composition of the control group and the retention rate. In our view, the exclusion of 13 potential donors due to additional exclusion criteria does not lower the retention rate because those patients did not constitute a valid control group from the beginning. They were… Show more
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