TY - JOUR T1 - Recipient morbidity after living and deceased donor liver transplantation: findings from the A2ALL Retrospective Cohort Study JF - Am J Transplant Y1 - 2008 A1 - Freise,C. E. A1 - Gillespie,B. W. A1 - Koffron,A. J. A1 - Lok,A. S. A1 - Pruett,T. L. A1 - Emond,J. C. A1 - Fair,J. H. A1 - Fisher,R. A. A1 - Olthoff,K. M. A1 - Trotter,J. F. A1 - Ghobrial,R. M. A1 - Everhart,J. E. KW - Adult KW - Cohort Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Liver Transplantation / *adverse effects KW - Living Donors / *statistics & numerical data KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Risk Factors KW - Thrombosis / epidemiology / etiology KW - Tissue Donors / *statistics & numerical data KW - Transplantation / *statistics & numerical data KW - Treatment Outcome AB - Patients considering living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) need to know the risk and severity of complications compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). One aim of the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL) was to examine recipient complications following these procedures. Medical records of DDLT or LDLT recipients who had a living donor evaluated at the nine A2ALL centers between 1998 and 2003 were reviewed. Among 384 LDLT and 216 DDLT, at least one complication occurred after 82.8% of LDLT and 78.2% of DDLT (p = 0.17). There was a median of two complications after DDLT and three after LDLT. Complications that occurred at a higher rate (p 40). In summary, complication rates were higher after LDLT versus DDLT, but declined with center experience to levels comparable to DDLT. VL - 8 CP - 12 N1 - Freise, C E Gillespie, B W Koffron, A J Lok, A S F Pruett, T L Emond, J C Fair, J H Fisher, R A Olthoff, K M Trotter, J F Ghobrial, R M Everhart, J E A2ALL Study Group U01-DK62444/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62467/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62483/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62484/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62494/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62496/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62498/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62505/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62531/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States U01-DK62536/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States Comparative Study Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Denmark American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons ID - 547 ER -