Safety evaluation of donors for living-donor liver transplantation in Chinese mainland: A single-center report

Table 4 Donor medical outcomes

Donor medical outcomes	n (%)
Survival	50/50 (100)
Complications
Major	6/50 (12.0)
Biliary leak	2
Pneumonia	2
Initial stage of liver dysfunction	1
Pleural effusions	1
Minor	14/50 (28.0)
Delay in return to normal bowel function	5
Pain	3
Sore throat	2
Foot paresthesias	2
Persistent short-term memory loss	1
Chronic fatigue	1
Ongoing symptoms
Yes	28 (56.0)
No	22 (44.0)
Abdominal discomfort	15
Scar numbness	6
Loss of appetite, nausea	3
Poor appetite	3
Diarrhea	2
Weakness	1
Nausea	1
Difficulty sleeping	1
Sought other physician assistance
Yes	12 (42.9)
No	16 (51.1)

Major and minor complications are defined in Methods. Under ongoing symptoms, the number of symptoms reported is greater than 28.