In:
Clinical Transplantation, Wiley, Vol. 28, No. 1 ( 2014-01), p. 105-110
Abstract:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0902-0063
,
1399-0012
DOI:
10.1111/ctr.2014.28.issue-1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2014
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2004801-4