| Title | Recipient morbidity after living and deceased donor liver transplantation: findings from the A2ALL Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Freise CE, Gillespie BW, Koffron AJ, Lok AS, Pruett TL, Emond JC, Fair JH, Fisher RA, Olthoff KM, Trotter JF, Ghobrial RM, Everhart JE |
| Journal | Am J Transplant |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pagination | 2569 - 79 |
| Date Published | Dec |
| ISSN | 1600-6143 (Electronic) 1600-6135 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 18976306 |
| Keywords | Adult, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Liver Transplantation / *adverse effects, Living Donors / *statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Thrombosis / epidemiology / etiology, Tissue Donors / *statistics & numerical data, Transplantation / *statistics & numerical data, Treatment Outcome |
| Abstract | Patients considering living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) need to know the risk and severity of complications compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). One aim of the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL) was to examine recipient complications following these procedures. Medical records of DDLT or LDLT recipients who had a living donor evaluated at the nine A2ALL centers between 1998 and 2003 were reviewed. Among 384 LDLT and 216 DDLT, at least one complication occurred after 82.8% of LDLT and 78.2% of DDLT (p = 0.17). There was a median of two complications after DDLT and three after LDLT. Complications that occurred at a higher rate (p 40). In summary, complication rates were higher after LDLT versus DDLT, but declined with center experience to levels comparable to DDLT. |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02440.x |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 547 |
