In advanced gastric cancer, palliative resection has a survival advantage if the tumour spread is restricted to two or less sites. Patients who undergo resectional operation have better palliation of symptoms and their postoperative quality of life is significantly better.

Recipient death, donation in emergency setting, age above 50, higher BMI, and prolonged hospital stay are factors that lead to impaired HRQOL following live liver donation. Despite this, 99% donors did not repent the decision to donate.

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