ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the frequency of biliary tree variants of potential liver donors presented to King Hussein Medical Center
Methods: This is a retrospective study done at KHMC on 120 patients aged between 20-45 years presented to KHMC as potential liver donors, MRCP was performed as part of their preoperative evaluation, studies were reviewed by radiologists and results analyzed using simple statistical methods
Results: Of the 120 donors 82 had normal biliary tree anatomy [type I]. 21 had anatomical variation which is around 31% .the most common anomaly was type III followed by type II then the other rare variants that will be discussed in details later
Conclusion: Biliary tree anatomy may have a lot of variation that may interfere with liver transplant surgeries and this made preoperative evaluation of biliary tree a mandatory step. MRCP proved to be highly sensitive and dependable way of assessment of biliary tree. The commonest anomalies were type III followed by Type II