Donor outcomes in anonymous live liver donation.

Background & Aims: Death rates on liver transplant waiting lists range from 5%-25%. Herein, we report a unique experience with 50 anonymous individuals who volunteered to address this gap by offering to donate part of their liver to a recipient with whom they had no biological connection or prior relationship, so called anonymous live liver donation (A-LLD).

Methods: Candidates were screened to confirm excellent physical, mental, social, and financial health.

Superior Outcomes and Reduced Wait Times in Pediatric Recipients of Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

Background: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is increasingly used to bridge the gap between the current supply and demand imbalance for deceased donor organs to provide lifesaving liver transplantation.

Methods: Outcomes of 135 children who underwent LDLT were compared with 158 recipients of deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) at the largest pediatric liver transplant program in Canada.

Results: Recipients of LDLT were significantly younger than deceased donor recipients ( ≤ 0.