Quality of Life among Donors of Liver Transplants to Relatives
- 29 July 1993
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (5) , 363-364
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199307293290518
Abstract
Since June 1990, we have performed liver transplantations involving living related donors in 61 children with end-stage liver disease1-5. A questionnaire regarding the postoperative quality of life was mailed to 34 parental donors (11 fathers and 23 mothers; average age, 33 years [range, 24 to 51]). The response rate was 100 percent. The average age of the recipients of the livers from these donors was 4 years (range, 3 months to 15 years). A minimum of six months had elapsed between transplantation and the mailing of the questionnaire.Keywords
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