Background Balancing donor and recipient risks in living donor liver transplantation remains
an issue of debate. This study assessed the impact of graft selection on outcomes and …

Despite the progressive increase in the number of liver transplantations, the mortality on the
waiting list remains between 5% and 10%, and patients have to deal with longer waiting …

Today, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is well established in many centers as a
therapeutic method for end-stage liver disease. LDLT is an option for selected cases and is …

The extended application of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has revealed the
problem of graft size mismatching called “small-for-size (SFS) graft syndrome.” The initial …

▪ Abstract Liver transplantation from living related donors was unthinkable until recently,
when the safety of modern hepatic surgery became widely appreciated. The first step was …

Because of the growing shortage of donor organs, physicians and organ procurement
agencies are expanding the donor pool through three mechanisms. The first mechanism is …

The growing numbers of potential transplant recipients on waiting lists is increasingly
disproportionate to the supply of cadaveric donor organs. The hope for the next 20 years is …

Achieving optimum outcomes after liver transplantation requires an understanding of the
interaction between donor, graft and recipient factors. Within the cohort of patients waiting for …

A perception that living donor liver transplantation can be accomplished with an acceptable
donor complication rate and recipient survival rate has led to the acceptance of living donor …

Background In France, liver grafts that have been refused by at least 5 teams are considered
for rescue allocation (RA), with the choice of the recipient being at the team's discretion …