Early Graft Failure After Living-Donor Liver Transplant.
Ahmad AnoutiMoustafa Al HaririLisa B VanWagnerWilliam M LeeArjmand MuftiMark PedersenJigesh ShahSteven HanishParsia A VagefiThomas G CotterMadhukar S PatelPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2024)
Our study demonstrates that while short-term adult LDLT graft failure is uncommon, there are opportunities for optimizing outcomes by prioritizing right lobe donation, improving candidate nutritional status, and careful pre-transplant risk assessment of candidates with known PVT. Notably, a period effect exists whereby increased LDLT experience in the most recent era correlated with improved outcomes.