Severe psychiatric problems in right hepatic lobe donors for living donor liver transplantation.

Background: The morbidity and mortality from donation of a right hepatic lobe for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an important issue for this procedure. We report the prevalence of severe psychiatric postoperative complications from the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort study (A2ALL), which was established to define the risks and benefits of LDLT for donors and recipients.

Methods: Severe psychiatric complications were evaluated in all donors from the A2ALL study who were evaluated between 1998 and February 2003.