{"id":339,"date":"2022-10-04T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/living-donor-transplantation-program\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:36:56","slug":"living-donor-transplantation-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/living-donor-transplantation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Donor Transplantation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The main problem in liver transplantation nowadays is the shortage of cadaveric donors. Given the good results of liver transplantation, the number of patients waiting for a liver is increasing while there has been no increase in cadaveric donors. Thus, living donor liver transplantation becomes a valid alternative for many patients if a relative decides to donate part of the liver. However, not all the patients on the waiting list for a cadaveric transplantation are eligible for living donor liver transplantation. The recipient must also consent the donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can become a donor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In principle, anyone who is genetically related to the recipient. People with a close personal relationship (spouse for example). Partners or very close friends may also be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This information has been prepared for people who are enquiring about the possibility of becoming a live liver donor. This is complex procedure and more information is provided on the section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Liver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Operation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discharge from hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practical aspects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glossary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bibliography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2022\/10\/sltu_living_donor_booklet.pdf\">Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Questions and Answers &#8211; An Information Booklet for Donors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main problem in liver transplantation nowadays is the shortage of cadaveric donors. Given the good results of liver transplantation, the number of patients waiting for a liver is increasing while there has been no increase in cadaveric donors. Thus, living donor liver transplantation becomes a valid alternative for many patients if a relative decides<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-339","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"The main problem in liver transplantation nowadays is the shortage of cadaveric donors. Given the good results of liver transplantation, the number of patients waiting for a liver is increasing while there has been no increase in cadaveric donors. Thus, living donor liver transplantation becomes a valid alternative for many patients if a relative decides","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/scottishlivertransplantunit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}