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Do the patient who is donating the liver (the donor) and the patient who will receive the liver (the recipient) have to be matched by tissue type/sex/age etc?

April 26, 2017donating donor liver matched patient recipient sex tissue type

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Do the patient who is donating the liver (the donor) and the patient who will receive the liver (the recipient) have to be matched by tissue type/sex/age etc?

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No. At this time for liver transplantation, the only requirements are that the donor and recipient need to be approximately the same size and have compatible blood types. No other matching is necessary such as gender or age.