Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity among adult donors are major challenges to living-donor liver transplantation: A single-center experience

• Main Authors: Rajaram, Ruveena B., Jayaraman, Thevaraajan, Yoong, Boon-Koon, Koh, Peng-Soon, San Loh, Pui, Koong, Jun-Kit, Khalil, Alizan Abdul, Hashim, Noorjahan Haneem Md, Jamaluddin, Fadhil Hadi, Mahadeva, Sanjiv
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine; R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine; RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33618/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are rampant in South East Asia. There is paucity of data exploring its' impact on donor suitability for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We aimed to describe and examine the factors related to non-utilization of potential donors in...