Mohammed Taha Author

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Early (<6 months) Mortality after Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation,Single Centre Experience: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Author(s):

Emad Hamdy Gad, Hany Shoreem, Mohammed Taha, Amr Aziz, Hazem Zakaria, Yasmin Kamel and Khaled Abo El-Ella

Objectives: Both complications and mortality of recipients are annoying problems after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The aim to analyze early (<6 months) mortality of patients after adult to adult LDLT (A-ALDLT) in a single center.

Methods: Between April 2003 and February 2013, we performed 167 A-ALDLT in National Liver Institute, Egypt. We retrospectively analyzed early mortality in recipients.

Results: The overall incidence of early mortality was 34.1% (n=57), it was classified into in hospital (28.7%) and post-hospital discharge (5.4%) mortalities. The most frequent causes of in hospital and po... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9612.1000135

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