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This dissertation, "Donor Perspective of Right Lobe Adult-to-adult Live Donor Liver Transplantation" by See-ching, Chan,, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled Donor Perspective of Right Lobe Adult-to-Adult Live Donor Liver Transplantation submitted by See Ching CHAN for the Degree of Master of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong in August 2005 Donors of adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) undergo a very major surgical operation which carries a 0.5% mortality, 20% morbidity, and has unknown long-term consequences. Despite these caveats, ALDLT is now an accepted treatment modality and has saved the lives of thousands of patients with end-stage liver disease of various etiologies and small unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. The rapid adoption of ALDLT is associated with the scarcity of deceased donor liver grafts. However, pure demand from the recipient should not progress to ALDLT. To a minimum, it is the potential donor's perception of the expected recipient outcomes and the donor costs which substantiates such voluntarism. Nonetheless, the potential donors are seldom trained to make such decisions. We as guardians are obligated to guide the potential donors and the potential recipients throughout the process. Conversance of contemporary donor and recipient outcomes is therefore mandatory. The ultimate aim of this thesis was to provide a synopsis of the endeavors toward the holistic care of the highest standard for donors of right lobe ALDLT. This was done through: 1) optimum donor workup, 2) accurate graft size r