Risks of donation and quality of donors' life after living donor liver transplantation

Abstract

Summary The purpose is to clarify risks of donation and quality of the donor's life after living‐related donor liver transplantation (LDLTx). Sixty‐eight donors were classified into four groups: lateral segment group (n = 30); left lobe group (n = 18); left lobe with the middle hepatic vein group (n = 11); right lobe group (n = 9). We investigated (i) the risks of donation, and evaluated the following: blood loss, operation time, postoperative liver function and duration of hospitalization; (ii) quality of donors’ life: donors were mailed a structured questionnaire and the Short‐Form Health Survey (SF‐36), a generic measure assessing quality of life using eight scales. The results were: (i) there were no differences in liver function and duration of hospitalization between four groups; (ii) 48 donors (71%) responded. All donors returned to normalcy. The donors did not regret their decision to donate except two cases whose recipients had died. The donors’ life was almost guaranteed regardless of the lobe we used as the graft.

Assessment of living donors with respect to pre- and posttransplant psychosocial properties and posttransplant family functioning in pediatric liver transplantation

“…Investigation of correlation between abnormal family functioning and possible causative factors le scores. Donors whose recipients do well clinically are themselves more likely to do well psychologically (17,18). Psychological disruption was also positively correlated with the recipients' problems in our study.…”

Live Donors in Liver Transplantation

“…The correlation between recipient outcome and donor satisfaction is in contradiction to data in pediatric living donation where few parents express regret regardless of outcome in the child. There was no difference in scores between donors who sustained complications themselves and those who had no complications 48 . Although overall quality of life data is important, there are specific areas that may be a source of stress and concern to donors, including finances, return to work, and expected recipient outcomes should be addressed both before and after donation 49 .…”

The Quality of Life of Living Liver Fragment Donors

“…[58] опубликовали данные исследования КЖ 48 доно-ров фрагмента печени, оперированных с 1991-го по 2003 год. Использовался опросник SF-36.…”