RT Book, Section
A1 Lau, Lawrence
A1 Grodstein, Elliot
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
A2 Santibañes, Martin de
A2 Santibañes, Eduardo de
SR Print(0)
ID 1180386544
T1 Donor Right Hepatectomy
T2 Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462517
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180386544
RD 2024/09/08
AB Unfortunately,  there  is  an  insufficient  supply  of  deceased-donor  hepatic  allografts  to  satisfy  the  need  for  liver  transplantation  in  patients  with  end-stage  liver  disease.  Living-donor  liver  transplantation  is  necessary  to  overcome  the  organ  shortage.  Living-donor  liver  transplantation  was  first  performed  in  children  using  reduced-size  grafts.  The  first  successful  adult-to-child  liver  transplant,  using  a  left  lateral  segment  allograft,  was  performed  in  1989.  Since  then,  living  donor  liver  transplantation  has  spread  using  left  and  right  lobes  to  both  children  and  adults.  In  general,  compared  to  left  lobe  living-donor  liver  transplantation,  right  lobe  grafts  provide  more  liver  mass  to  the  recipient;  however,  they  leave  the  donor  with  less  remnant  liver.  This  chapter  will  focus  on  living-donor  right  lobe  hepatectomy.