Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Supplementation on Liver Regeneration on Right Lobe Donor Hepatectomy

This open label randomized control study aims to analyze the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid supplementation on liver regeneration following a right donor hepatectomy. All eligible live donors who undergo right donor hepatectomy during the study period will be included in the study and randomized into two groups. One group will receive Tab. UDCA 450mg twice daily for 10 days and the other group will not receive Tab UDCA. Live donors who are not willing to participate in the study, have hypersensitivity to UDCA or have used Tab UDCA in the past 2 weeks, will be excluded from the study. All live donors will be screened in the pre-operative period in the outpatient department. Pre- operative, intra-operative and post-operative data will be collected from medical records, electronic hospital information system (HIS) and radiological images collected from the hospital Picture archiving and communication system(PACS). The enrolled subjects will be followed up till for a period of 14 days after the donor hepatectomy till Non contrast CT Abdomen is done and regenerated liver volumes are analyzed. The anatomic(volumetric), functional(liver function tests) and regenerative biomarkers( HGF, TNF-Alpha, IL6, AFP, TGF-Beta) will be compared between the two groups.