Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the liver from a healthy living person is removed and transplanted into a recipient whose own liver is failing. It is made possible by the liver's unique capacity to regenerate: both the donor's remaining liver and the transplant…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 19× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9359 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the liver from a healthy living person is removed and transplanted into a recipient whose own liver is failing. It is made possible by the liver's unique capacity to regenerate: both the donor's remaining liver and the transplanted segment grow toward normal size over the weeks and months following surgery. LDLT offers an important treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease, acute liver failure, or certain liver cancers, particularly where deceased-donor organs are scarce, and it can shorten waiting times and allow transplantation to be scheduled before a recipient's condition deteriorates. The procedure requires careful donor evaluation and informed consent, precise surgical planning, and lifelong management of the recipient's immune response to prevent rejection, balancing the benefit to the recipient against the risks accepted by an otherwise healthy donor. Donor safety, ethical assessment, and post-transplant immunosuppression are central considerations across organ transplantation as a whole. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access organ transplantation research relevant to living donation, transplant surgery, and the care of transplant donors and recipients.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 19 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Organ Transplantation (ISSN 2576-9359).

Journal editorial board
Francesca Diomede · Italy Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti · United Kingdom Karolina Golab · United States

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.