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18828770

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
Living donor liver transplantation has become an alternative therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease. Donors are healthy individuals and donor safety is the primary concern. The objective of this study was to evaluate the anesthetic complications and outcomes for our donor cases; we report one death. The charts of the patients who underwent donor hepatectomy from February 1997 to June 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. Right hepatectomy (resection of segments 5-8) was done in 101 donors, left lobectomy (resection of segments 2-3) in 11 donors, and left hepatectomy (resection of segments 2-4) in one donor. Minor anesthetic complications were shoulder pain, pruritus and urinary retention related to epidural morphine, and major morbidity included central venous catheter-induced thrombosis of the brachial and subclavian vein, neuropraxia, foot drop and prolonged postdural puncture headache. One of 113 donors died from pulmonary embolism on the 11th postoperative day. This procedure has some major risks related to anesthesia and surgery. Although careful attention will lower complication rate, we have to keep in mind that the risks of donor surgery will not be completely eliminated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1600-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2106-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Anesthesia-related complications in living liver donors: the experience from one center and the reporting of one death.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Medical Faculty of 9 Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports