Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti, Wajih Naqvi, Maheen Mohsan, Moeza Iqbal, Eman Binte Arshad, Zainab Khan, Anum Waheed, Haseeb Haider Zia, Nusrat Yar Khan, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Nasir Ayub Khan
BACKGROUND: Long-term medical and quality of life (QOL) outcomes in voluntary liver donors remain under investigated. The objective of the current study was to report long-term medical outcomes and re-evaluate QOL in living liver donors. METHODS: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of donors who underwent donor hepatectomy between 2012 and 2018. We investigated long-term outcomes in 7 domains. These include medical problems, surgical procedures, work-related issues, pregnancy outcomes, psychiatric interventions, willingness to donate again, and long-term mortality...
May 2024: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery