Safety and efficacy of extended thrombophilia screening directed venous thromboembolic events (VTE) prophylaxis in live liver donors : do we really need extended thrombophilia screening routinely?

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Background and aims: The study aimed to determine the prevalence of hereditary thrombophilia, and stratify its severity among live liver donors in Pakistan. Also, the authors evaluated the safety and efficacy of thrombophilia profile testing directed venous thromboembolic events (VTE) prophylaxis while balancing bleeding risk and the need for routine thrombophilia testing before live liver donation among living donor candidates.

Materials and methods: Protein S (PS), protein C (PC), anti-thrombin (AT) III, and anti-phospholipid antibody panel (APLA) levels were measured in 567 potential donor candidates. Donors were divided into normal, borderline and high-risk groups based on Caprini score. The safety endpoints were VTE occurrence, bleeding complications or mortality.

Results: Among 567 donors, 21 (3.7%) were deficient in protein C, and 14 (2.5%) were deficient in anti-thrombin-III. IgM and IgG. Anti-phospholipids antibodies were positive in 2/567 (0.4%) and 2/567 (0.4%), respectively. IgM and IgG lupus anticoagulant antibodies were positive in 3/567 (0.5%) and 3/567 (0.5%), respectively. VTE events, bleeding complications and postoperative living donors liver transplantation-related complications were comparable among the three donor groups (P>0.05). One donor in the normal donor group developed pulmonary embolism, but none of the donors in either borderline or high-risk group developed VTE. The mean length of ICU and total hospital stay were comparable. No donor mortality was observed in all donor groups.

Conclusions: Due to thrombophilia testing directed VTE prophylaxis, VTE events were comparable in normal, borderline and high-risk thrombophilia donor groups, but more evaluations are required to determine the lower safe levels for various thrombophilia parameters including PC, PS and AT-III before surgery among living donor candidates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) - 86(2024), 3 vom: 14. März, Seite 1297-1303

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dogar, Abdul Wahab [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Azhar [VerfasserIn]
Ullah, Kaleem [VerfasserIn]
Shams-Ud-Din [VerfasserIn]
Ghaffar, Abdul [VerfasserIn]
Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Khabab [VerfasserIn]
Junaid Tahir, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Live liver donors
Living donors liver transplantation (LDLT)
Thrombophilia screening
Venous thromboembolic events

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Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MS9.0000000000001772

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369528336