Introduction The medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) and rostral part of the anterior cingulate
cortex (rACC) are brain regions that are important in the neural network involving emotional …

Background Studies on living donors from the donors' perspective show that the donation
process involves both positive and negative feelings involving vulnerability. Qualitative …

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), since its advent in late 1980's and early 1990's,
has rapidly increased especially in countries like Japan, Korea and India where cadaveric …

Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation using bone marrow and peripheral blood
stem cells is a lifesaving treatment for patients with leukemia or other blood disorders …

Background Studies of liver donors' psychosocial outcomes focus on the short term and rely
largely on quality-of-life measures not specific to donation. We sought to examine long-term …

Objectives: To determine the long-term health status of donors after right hepatectomy for
adult live donor liver transplantation (ALDLT). Background: The long-term outcomes for …

Introduction The medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) and rostral part of anterior cingulate
cortex (rACC) have been suggested to be involved in the neural network of salience and …

Ambivalence in the decision‐making process for living liver donors has the potential to result
in their experiencing a negative mental status. To promote donor candidates' well‐being, it is …

All right hepatic lobe (RHL) donors in our program are asked to participate in a longitudinal
quality‐of‐life study that begins at their evaluation and continues throughout the first …

Background. It has been reported that living liver donors may develop psychological or
psychosocial impairments after transplantation, although the majority of them do not develop …