LDLT has become established as a viable strategy to ameliorate the organ shortage
experienced by centers around the world. Improved understanding of this technique has …

Evaluating a person's suitability for living organ donation is crucial, consisting not only of a
medical but also of a thorough psychosocial screening. We performed a systematic literature …

In the literature, varying terminology for living organ donation can be found. However, there
seems to be a need for a new classification to avoid confusion. Therefore, we assessed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objective This study aimed to systematically review the prevalence and factors associated
with depression and anxiety in living liver donors after liver transplantation. Methods Five …

Anonymous nondirected living liver donation (ANLLD), sometimes referred to as “altruistic”
donation, occurs when a biologically unrelated person comes forward to donate a portion of …

Background Twenty years have passed since the 1997 enactment of the Organ Transplant
Law in Japan, but the number of deceased donors remains extremely low. In this study we …

Methods A search was conducted to include NASH RCTs with placebo treatment arms.
Primary outcomes were (1) the resolution of NASH without worsening of fibrosis,(2) two …