1. The International Liver Transplantation Society Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipient Guideline
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Jan Lerut, François Durand, Cristiano Quintini, Sung-Gyu Lee, Charles Miller, Eirini Kyrana, Hyung Leona Kim-Schluger, Julie K. Heimbach, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Chung Mau Lo, and Anil Dhawan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Best practice ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Reviews ,Economic shortage ,030230 surgery ,Liver transplantation ,Living donor ,Donor Selection ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Living Donors ,medicine ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,Postoperative Care ,Transplantation ,business.industry ,Donor selection ,Patient Selection ,Guideline ,Liver Transplantation ,Liver transplant recipient ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Living donor liver transplantation ,business - Abstract
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been increasingly embraced around the world as an important strategy to address the shortage of deceased donor livers. The aim of this guideline, approved by the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), is to provide a collection of expert opinions, consensus, and best practices surrounding LDLT. Recommendations were developed from an analysis of the National Library of Medicine living donor transplantation indexed literature using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation methodology. Writing was guided by the ILTS Policy on the Development and Use of Practice Guidelines (www.ilts.org). Intended for use by physicians, these recommendations support specific approaches to the diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of care of living donor liver transplant recipients., Compared to cadaveric liver transplantation, live donor LT (LDLT) is challenged by ethical, medical and surgical considerations, many of which are still unresolved. The aim of this guideline is to provide a collection of expert opinions, consensus, and best practices surrounding LDLT.
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- 2017