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Post‐operative complications requiring hospitalization more than one yr after living donor liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Takatsuki Mitsuhisa,
Soyama Akihiko,
Muraoka Izumi,
Hara Takanobu,
Kinoshita Ayaka,
Yamaguchi Izumi,
Tanaka Takayuki,
Kuroki Tamotsu,
Eguchi Susumu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/ctr.12287
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , surgery , complication , transplantation , retrospective cohort study , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing
Background/Purpose The long‐term outcomes after living donor liver transplantation ( LDLT ) have not been clearly established. This retrospective study assessed long‐term outcomes after LDLT through reviewing complications requiring hospitalization more than one yr after engraftment. Methods Sixty‐five LDLT recipients alive more than one yr post‐transplantation were enrolled, 37 males and 28 females, with a median age at transplantation of 53 yr (range, 0–68 yr). We reviewed all post‐operative complications requiring hospitalization more than one yr after LDLT . Results There were 61 post‐operative complications requiring hospitalization in 43 of the 65 patients (66%), and the majority of these complications were transplantation related (59/61; 97%). Despite this, 43 (78%) of 55 surviving patients had normal liver function at their last follow‐up, and 50 patients (91%) achieved normal activity (Karnofsky score 100%). Conclusions More than one‐half of our LDLT recipients required hospitalization more than one yr post‐ LDLT to treat a complication. Most were able to maintain their quality of life and liver function with appropriate treatment.