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Minimally Invasive Live Donor Liver Hepatectomy

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Contemporary Liver Transplantation

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Minimally invasive approach for living donor hepatectomy has been recently applied in liver transplantation. It has invaluable potential to alleviate the vast gap between supply and demand of hepatic allografts, Even though its advantages such as shorter hospital stay and faster return to normal life could attract additional living donors, safety for donors is still being questioned and investigated due to its relatively recent development. Several studies have described different surgical approaches and retrospective comparative analysis to conventional open donor hepatectomy. Preliminary results show relatively lower morbidities and better outcomes, including less blood loss and hospital stay although they vary widely depending on institutional experience. Careful review of existing studies will elucidate the role of minimally invasive donor hepatectomy with the ultimate goal to choose the optimal surgical approach for maximal donor safety.

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    Hoonbae Jeon, Tai Ho Shin, Ivo G. Tzvetanov & Enrico Benedetti

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Jeon, H., Shin, T.H., Tzvetanov, I.G., Benedetti, E. (2017). Minimally Invasive Live Donor Liver Hepatectomy. In: Doria, C. (eds) Contemporary Liver Transplantation. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07209-8_6

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