Comparative outcomes of pure laparoscopic and open donor right hepatectomy: the first report from a Southeast Asian transplant center

BMC Surgery

Kanya Udomsin¹  Worakitti Lapisatepun¹  Sunhawit Junrungsee¹  Anon Chotirosniramit¹  Settapong Boonsri²  Warangkana Lapisatepun²  Phuriphong Chanthima²  Suraphong Lorsomradee² 

[1] Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand;Excellence Center of Organ Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 110 Intavarorod, Sripoom, 50200, Chiang Mai, Thailand;Excellence Center of Organ Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 110 Intavarorod, Sripoom, 50200, Chiang Mai, Thailand;Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand;

关键词: Living donor liver transplantation;    Pure laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy;    Conventional open donor right hepatectomy;    Perioperative outcome;    Indocyanine green;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12893-022-01507-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPure laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy (PLDRH) can provide better operative outcomes for the donor than conventional open donor right hepatectomy (CODRH). However, the complexity of the procedure typically makes transplant teams reluctant to perform it, especially in low-volume transplant centers. We compared the outcomes of PLDRH and CODRH to demonstrate the feasibility of PLDRH in a low-volume transplant program.MethodsWe carried out a retrospective study of adult living donor liver transplantation in Chiang Mai University Hospital from January 2015 to March 2021. The patients were divided into a PLDRH group and a CODRH group. Baseline characteristics, operative parameters, and postoperative complications of donors and recipients were compared between the two groups.ResultsThirty patients underwent donor hepatectomy between the dates selected (9 PLDRH patients and 21 CODRH patients). The baseline characteristics of the 2 groups were not significantly different. The median graft volume of the PLDRH group was 693.8 mL, which was not significantly different from that of the CODRH group (726.5 mL) The PLDRH group had a longer operative time than the CODRH group, but the difference was not statistically significant (487.5 min vs 425.0 min, p = 0.197). The overall complication rate was not significantly different between the two groups (33.3% vs 22.2%, p = 0.555). Additionally, for the recipients, the incidence of major complications was not significantly different between the groups (71.3 vs 55.6%, p = 0.792).ConclusionEven in the context of this low-volume transplant program, whose staff have a high level of experience in minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery, PLDRH showed similar results to CODRH in terms of perioperative outcomes for donors and recipients.

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