Abstract: The need for liver transplantation is increasing as mortality from liver disease is rising and outcomes after transplant are excellent liver transplantation evolved to become a viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and nowadays it is the great story of success of modern surgery and medicine. To find a potential association of blood groups (ABO and Rh) with complications of liver diseases and the need for transplantation, as well as its possible association with post-transplant survival rates across the region. Information on variables of interest was obtained from the medical documentation of patients’ medical cards at the Batumi Referral Hospital (Georgia) from December 2014 to July 2024, a total of 103 patients. The Study subjects were liver recipients who had living donor liver transplantation and were analyzed by chi-square. ABO and Rh blood groups in the studied recipients demonstrate that more than half of recipients (55.6±5.0%) have the O (I) Rh+ phenotype, followed by the O (I) Rh- phenotype in 5.2±2.2% (n=5), or 34±4.8% A (II) Rh+ phenotype is present in % (n=33), A (II) Rh- phenotype is present in 2.1±1.5% (n=2), B (III) Rh+ phenotype is present in 2.1±1.5% (n=2), and B (III) Rh-phenotype occurs only in one recipient. Our research showed the interesting and statistically significant distribution of Blood groups among recipients, Donors, and Healthy controls. A limitation of our study is the small number of the studied recipients, which did not allow us to see the phenotype of group B in the mentioned category.

Keywords: Liver, Liver disease, Transplantation, Blood Group, Recipient, Donor

Pages: 389-399