Abstract
In this study, we analyzed how Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) have expanded and increased in Japan, while also elucidating the surgical conditions and challenges associated with such transplantations in order to clarify the future challenges and issues that still need to be investigated. The adaptive diseases for liver transplantation have changed significantly in comparison to the beginning, with viral cirrhosis / hepatoma being the major adaptive disease at present, and relapse following transplantation in hepatitis C, adaptation criteria for transplantation in hepatoma, etc., also becoming a problem. Though they have been entrusted to the doctor, we obtained findings indicating that discussions from a broad perspective with sufficient consideration of the QOL for recipients following transplantation are required regarding the adaption of LDLT who are family members.
