Mini-incision Right Hepatectomy for Living Donor Hepatectomy

The application of a minimally invasive technique to graft procurement in living donor liver transplantation has minimized skin incisions and led to early recovery in donor hepatectomy while ensuring donor safety. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of mini-incision living donor...

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Published in:Transplantation Vol. 107; no. 11; pp. 2384 - 2393
Main Authors: Park, Jeong-Ik, Jung, Dong-Hwan, Moon, Deok-Bog, Ahn, Chul-Soo, Yoon, Young-In, Kang, Woo-Hyung, Na, Byeong-Gon, Ha, Su-Min, Kim, Sang-Hoon, Kim, Minjae, Kim, Sung-Min, Yang, Geunhyeok, Oh, Rak-Kyun, Hwang, Shin, Lee, Sung-Gyu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01-11-2023
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Summary:The application of a minimally invasive technique to graft procurement in living donor liver transplantation has minimized skin incisions and led to early recovery in donor hepatectomy while ensuring donor safety. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of mini-incision living donor right hepatectomy compared with conventional open surgery. The study population consisted of 448 consecutive living donors who underwent living donor right hepatectomy performed by a single surgeon between January 2015 and December 2019. According to the incision type, the donors were divided into 2 groups: a right subcostal mini-incision group (M group: n = 187) and a conventional J-shaped incision group (C group: n = 261). A propensity score matching analysis was conducted to overcome bias. The estimated graft volume and measured graft weight were significantly lower in the M group (P = 0.000). The total of 17 (3.8%) postoperative complications were identified. The readmission rate and overall postoperative complication rate of donors was not significantly different between the groups. The biliary complication rates in the recipients were 12.6% and 8.6% in the C group and M group, respectively (P = 0.219). Hepatic artery thrombosis requiring revision developed in 2 patients (0.8%) in the C group and 7 patients (3.7%) in the M group (P = 0.038). After propensity score matching, these complications were not significantly different between the groups. Mini-incision living donor right hepatectomy shows comparable biliary complications to open surgery and is considered a safe and feasible operative technique.
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ISSN:0041-1337
1534-6080
DOI:10.1097/TP.0000000000004594