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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2014; 24(04): 350-359
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.143897
Transplant Imaging

Preoperative CT evaluation of potential donors in living donor liver transplantation

Sandeep Vohra
Department of Radiology, Center for Liver and Biliary Sciences, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Neerav Goyal
Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, Center for Liver and Biliary Sciences, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Subash Gupta
Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, Center for Liver and Biliary Sciences, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Living donor liver transplantation is an effective, life sustaining surgical treatment in patients with end-stage liver disease and a successful liver transplant requires a close working relationship between the radiologist and the transplant surgeon. There is extreme variability in hepatic vascular anatomy; therefore, preoperative imaging of potential liver donors is crucial not only in donor selection but also helps the surgeons in planning their surgical approach. In this article, we elaborate important aspects in evaluation of potential liver donors on multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) and the utility of MDCT in presurgical assessment of the hepatic parenchyma, relevant hepatic vascular anatomy and segmental liver volumes.

Keywords

CT angiography - fatty liver - hepatic vascular anatomy - liver volumetry - living donor liver transplantation


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Article published online:
02 August 2021

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