Clinical application progress of laparoscopic living donor liver hepatectomy for liver transplantation

The implementation of living donor liver transplantation not only extends the number of donors and effectively alleviates the shortage of organ donation, but also reduces the fatality of patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. In recent years, with persistent development of laparoscopic techniques and instruments, laparoscopic donor liver hepatectomy has been widely applied in the field of living donor liver transplantation, which is also one of the research hotspots. It has multiple advantages of mild trauma, slight pain, accelerated postoperative recovery for the donors and slight psychological burden, etc. However, due to strict screening criteria for donors, complicated procedures and long learning curve, it has been carried out in a few transplantation centers nationwide. In this article, the development history and current status, specific surgical patterns, the problems and challenges of laparoscopic living donor liver procurement for liver transplantation were introduced, and the development direction of laparoscopic living donor liver procurement was predicted, aiming to provide reference for accelerating the development and enhancing clinical prognosis of living donor liver transplantation.