Can a portion of a liver be donated to a patient with cirrhosis requiring liver transplantation?
Live donor transplantation has become much more common in the United States over the past several years. This includes a healthy individual donating the right lobe of his liver, which represents approximately 60% of his liver mass to a patient who is in need of a liver transplant. Both the donor’s remaining liver and recipients liver will grow in a period of 1-02 months and return to normal size. Long-term results are encouraging and this offers alternative options, as there is a significant organ shortage, which the transplant community faces. Extensive evaluation of both the donor and the recipient is necessary to ensure that there are no major contraindications in either patient.
