Safety and Threshold Analysis of Preoperative Platelets in Right Lobe Living Donors for Liver Transplantation

KISAOĞLU A., DOĞRU V., YILMAZ V. T., DEMİRYILMAZ İ., AVANAZ A., SARIKAYA S. M., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, cilt.26, sa.1, ss.77-85, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11605-021-05047-5
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-85
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Organ donation, Liver regeneration, Hepatectomy, Transplant donors, Platelets, HEPATIC-DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT HEPATECTOMY, FUNCTION RECOVERY, REGENERATION, REMNANT, VOLUME, COUNT, COMPLICATIONS, RESECTION, DECREASE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background Low perioperative platelet count is a powerful independent risk factor for posthepatectomy liver failure. Usually, categorical effect of thrombocytopenia was taken into account; upper thresholds were not studied in depth, exclusively in living liver donors. Methods Living liver donors who underwent right hepatectomy were included. Preoperative characteristics of donors were identified and examined to predict posthepatectomy liver failure. To eliminate selection bias, one-to-one propensity score matching was performed. Results There were a total of 139 living donors and 40 (29%) donors developed posthepatectomy liver failure in the aftermath of the operation. Remnant liver volume ratio and preoperative platelet count were identified as adjustable independent risk factors (OR: 0.89 and 0.99, 95% CI: 0.79-0.99 and 0.98-0.99, respectively). After propensity score matching, odds ratio of preoperative platelet count was 0.99 (95% CI: 0.98-1.00). Conclusions Preoperative platelet count, in addition to remnant liver volume ratio, can be used as a surrogate marker to predict the risk of posthepatectomy liver failure in living liver right lobe donors. Probability curves figured out from logistic regression analysis, in this regard, provided an explicit perspective of platelets having a decisive role on liver donor safety. Thus, remaining in safer remnant liver volume ratio limits with respect to preoperative platelet count should be addressed in safe donor selection strategies.