Open AccessSafe Use of Right Lobe Live Donor Livers With up to 20% Macrovesicular Steatosis Without Compromising Donor Safety and Recipient Outcome
Author(s) -
Prashant Bhangui,
Jayant Kumar Sah,
Narendra S. Choudhary,
Dheeraj Gautam,
Latika Gupta,
Srinivasan Thiagrajan,
Amit Rastogi,
Tarun Piplani,
Neeraj Saraf,
Sanjiv Saigal,
AS Soin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002847
Subject(s) - medicine , steatosis , prothrombin time , gastroenterology , body mass index , liver transplantation , surgery , left lobe , triglyceride , transplantation , cholesterol
The principle in right lobe living donor liver transplantation is to use "near-perfect" grafts to maximize recipient benefit with minimal donor risk. Whether and what degree of graft macrovesicular steatosis is safe for both recipient and donor is debatable.