Hepatic and Portal Vein Transection by Vascular Stapler in Open Living Donor Hepatectomy

Abdalla Bashir, MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatectomy

Treatments: Procedure: Vascular stapler

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06910852

STAPLER/TXS/11_20

Details and patient eligibility

About

To enhance donor safety in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), the use of vascular staplers for the division of the right portal and hepatic veins in patients undergoing right lobe liver donation has been introduced. This study examines the application of vascular staplers in LDLT and assesses the subsequent feasibility and safety outcomes for donors.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing open living donor hepatectomy
• Age ≥ 18 years, ≤ 80 years
• Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• None.