You are in Member Communities . You can read the entire report if you follow the link below. With technical refinements and experience, the complication rate drops. As expected, the more technically demanding the resection, the higher the complication rate. Thus, complications are more common following extended right hepatectomy than following left lateral segmentectomy.
Biliary complications are common, especially after right lobe resection.
Most of these, however, are minor. Complications occurring during the workup of a potential donor have been poorly documented. These are typically related to invasive procedures such as liver biopsy or angiography, and carry well-defined risks. This is in contrast to the situation in the pediatric population in which the vast majority of diseases do not recur. The use of LDLT for acute fulminant hepatic failure or patients listed as status 2A is considered unethical because the donor is expected to make a rapid decision about a procedure for which the results are inferior to those in a stable recipient.