Open AccessDonor Surgical Morbidity in Pediatric Living-Donor Liver Transplant: A Portuguese Experience
Author(s) -
José Pedro Fernandes dos Santos,
Ricardo Martins,
Maria Francelina Lopes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2234-8646
pISSN - 2234-8840
DOI - 10.5223/pghn.2021.24.6.528
Subject(s) - medicine , living donor liver transplantation , surgery , biliary atresia , hepatectomy , liver transplantation , liver disease , general surgery , transplantation , resection
Living-donor liver transplant emerged as an alternative treatment for end stage liver disease due to the lack of cadaveric organs availability that met the demand. In Portugal, pediatric living-donor liver transplant (P-LDLT) was initiated in 2001 in Portugal in order to compensate for the scarcity of cadaveric organs for such cases. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the morbi-mortality of the 28 donors included in P-LDLT program performed at Coimbra's Pediatric Hospital (CHUC), a Portuguese reference center.