For left-lobe donors, the duration of hospitalization was shorter and post-transplant liver function was better than for right-lobe donors; however, morbidity rates were comparable for the two ...

As a general rule, they are more frequently encountered in the right lobe ... spread to the liver via the superior mesenteric vein, which preferentially flows into the right lobe.

The left lateral segment is generally inadequate in volume to support an adult recipient and has been almost universally abandoned in favor of right hepatic lobe transplantation for adult recipients.