ABSTRACT

Liver transplantation is a curative treatment option for patients with liver failure, diffuse liver disease, and early-stage primary liver malignancies. Transplantation operations are increasingly performed worldwide and in our country. In living-donor liver transplantation, donor candidates undergo comprehensive densitometric and volumetric analyses to assess the qualitative and quantitative suitability of their livers for both themselves and recipients, as well as vascular and cholangiographic examinations to determine their suitability for surgical techniques. With recent advances in imaging techniques, these procedures enable the virtual determination of the appropriate surgical resection technique. Notwithstanding significant advances in surgical techniques and perioperative patient care in recent years, significant complications can still be detected in patients after transplantation. These complications can be early-stage or late-stage after liver transplantation. While ultrasonography is often used as the initial step in pre- and post-transplant evaluation, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging play a crucial role in identifying and monitoring complications. This review will briefly describe the workflow and decision-making processes used in the evaluation donor candidates and demonstrate radiological findings of complications after transplantation.