What are the effects of liver transplantation on the donor's body

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The implementation of liver transplantation needs donor liver for further implementation, which is bound to have a certain impact on the donor body. Here's how liver transplantation affects the body of the donor.

What are the effects of liver transplantation on the donor's body

First of all: living donor liver transplantation still has some complications and death risk, so we should be careful when donating liver. There are two types of complications. One is related to hepatectomy, including biliary fistula, biliary stricture and cholestasis. The other is the complications related to open surgery, such as intra-abdominal hemorrhage, incision infection, incision hernia, intestinal adhesion and intestinal obstruction.

Secondly, there are two key problems in how to reduce the complications related to hepatectomy: one is the degree of steatosis of donor liver, the other is the amount of residual liver. More than 40% of liver steatosis observed under biopsy microscope should not be used as donor. The third is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Finally: Although the donor death caused by the above rare causes can not be avoided, the death caused by severe fatty liver and insufficient residual liver can be avoided. Preoperative liver biopsy screening to exclude nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and establish a more secure preoperative liver volume assessment criteria are essential to reduce donor mortality.

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Living donor liver transplantation has a high demand for liver donors, not all of them are suitable for liver transplantation. The possible risks of liver donors in the process of liver donation and after operation and the impact on their health and daily life.