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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

Defining Surgical Difficulty During Open Right Lobe Donor Hepatectomy and its Prediction Using Preoperative Donor Computed Tomography Morphometry.

Rajnikanth Patcha, Neelendra Y Muppala, Selvakumar Malleeswaran, Prasanna V Gopal, Vellaichamy Katheresan, Satish Kumar, Ellango Appusamy, Joy Varghese, Sripriya Srinivas, Mettu S Reddy

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Rajnikanth PatchaDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Neelendra Y MuppalaDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Selvakumar MalleeswaranDepartment of Liver Anesthesia & Intensive Care, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Prasanna V GopalDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Vellaichamy KatheresanDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Satish KumarDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Ellango AppusamyDepartment of Liver Anesthesia & Intensive Care, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Joy VargheseDepartment of Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Sripriya SrinivasDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.
Mettu S ReddyDepartment of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai, India.

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Abstract

Background: There is no accepted way to define difficult donor hepatectomy (DiffDH) during open right live donor hepatectomy (ORLDH). There are also no studies exploring association between DiffDH and early donor outcomes or reliable pre-operative predictors of DiffDH. Methods: Consecutive ORLDH performed over 18 months at a single center were included. Intraoperative parameters were used to develop an objective definition of DiffDH. The impact of DiffDH on early postoperative outcomes and achievement of textbook outcome (TO) was evaluated. Donor morphometry data on axial and coronal sections of donor computed tomography (CT) at the level of portal bifurcation were collected. Donor and graft factors predictive of DiffDH were evaluated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Results: One-hundred-eleven donors (male: 40.5%, age: 34 ± 9.5 years) underwent ORLDH during the study period. The difficulty score was constructed using five intraoperative parameters, i.e., operating time, transection time, estimated blood loss, need for intraoperative vasopressors, and need for Pringle maneuver. Donors were classified as DiffDH (score ≥ 2) or standard donor hepatectomy (StDH) (score <2). Twenty-nine donors (26%) were classified as DiffDH. DiffDH donors suffered greater all-cause morbidity ( Conclusion: We report a novel definition of DiffDH and show that it is associated with worse postoperative outcomes, including a lesser chance of achieving TO. We also report that DiffDH can be predicted from readily available donor CT parameters.

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PMCPMC11214306

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