Status:
Ready to upload
Record number:
1501
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Estimated frequency:
Rare. To date (2006), approximately 6000–7000 live donor hepatic resections have been performed worldwide for the purpose of transplantation and the rate of catastrophic complications is estimated to be 0.4–0.6%. There have been 14 live donor deaths, 2 donors have undergone liver transplantation secondary to operative complications from right lobe donation and 1 donor is in a persistent vegetative state after donation. Mortality approaches 0.5% for the right lobe donor in contrast to approximately 0.1% for left lobe donation.
Time to detection:
Early/late postoperative
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Brain death
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Not a normal finding prior to donation
Imputability grade:
1 Possible
Groups audience:
Reference attachment:
Suggest references:
Barr ML, Belghiti J, Villamil FG, et al. A report of the Vancouver Forum on the care of the live organ donor: lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine data and medical guidelines. Transplantation. 2006 May 27;81(10):1373-85