The LDLTregistry.org team is delighted to invite you to collaborate in the Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) registry to assess current practice and clinical outcomes in LDLT.

Project summary: 

• Any center worldwide involved in LDLT is eligible to participate.
• Study provides highly valuable data on outcomes after LDLT.
• Citable co-authorship for up to three collaborators per institution.
• Access the raw data for future studies.

What is it about?

• Morbidity and mortality for both the donor and recipient until hospital discharge and up to 90 days postoperatively.
• Additional 12 month outcome data will be captured.
• A novel, pragmatic and collaborative approach to surgical outcomes research after LDLT.
• Click here to access the study protocol.

Why participate?  

• Provide a verified record of true morbidity and mortality in consecutive unselected patients.
• Help identify relevant, modifiable risk factors for outcome after LDLT.
• Become part of a growing global surgical research and audit network.
• Obtain PubMed citable co-authorship from all publications.
• Access the raw data for future studies.

When?

• You can join the registry anytime. Center recruitment is now open.
• Patient recruitment starts 1 September 2023.

How can you get involved?  

• Click here to register your participation.
• Form a team of up to 3 people per institution or senior surgeon to collect data. This team can include doctors or health care professionals of any grade.
• Obtain necessary local approvals. Note that this project may be registered as an audit, quality improvement program or may require formal ethics approval, depending on the local regulations.