Long term prospective study of quality of life, abdominal symptoms and cosmesis of donors after hepatectomy for live donor liver transplantation

Background Comprehensive assessment of quality of life of live liver donors is required for adequate donor outcome reporting, but there is a lack of prospective data. Assessment of all aspects of liver donation over a long period is a necessity to have complete understanding of the donation process. Methods Prospectively collected data of liver donors operated between March 2012 to August 2013, examined donors (n = 52) from predonation to five years after the donation. Participants were administered World Health Organization quality of life Brief and questionnaires regarding their attitude predonation, their overall well-being in terms of abdominal symptoms, cosmesis, and satisfaction with donation and consent process at predefined time points till five years after donation. The weight of the donors was recorded at predefined time points. Results The donors whose recipients died were less likely to continue with the study (8.9% vs. 71.4%; P Conclusion Donors have good quality of life and show steady recovery in all aspects. Recipient death affects attitude towards donation process.