Neurological complications

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Ready to upload
Record number: 
1501
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Estimated frequency: 
Rare. To date (2006), approximately 6000–7000 live donor hepatic resections have been performed worldwide for the purpose of transplantation and the rate of catastrophic complications is estimated to be 0.4–0.6%. There have been 14 live donor deaths, 2 donors have undergone liver transplantation secondary to operative complications from right lobe donation and 1 donor is in a persistent vegetative state after donation. Mortality approaches 0.5% for the right lobe donor in contrast to approximately 0.1% for left lobe donation.
Time to detection: 
Early/late postoperative
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Brain death
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Not a normal finding prior to donation
Imputability grade: 
1 Possible
Groups audience: 
Reference attachment: 
Suggest references: 
Barr ML, Belghiti J, Villamil FG, et al. A report of the Vancouver Forum on the care of the live organ donor: lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine data and medical guidelines. Transplantation. 2006 May 27;81(10):1373-85