Open AccessSplit Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Mohamed Rela,
V. Vougas,
Paolo Muiesan,
Hector VilcaMelendez,
Vasileios Smyrniotis,
Paul Gibbs,
John Karani,
Roger Williams,
Nigel Heaton
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199802000-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , liver transplantation , sepsis , transplantation , single center
The purpose of split liver transplantation is to increase the source of pediatric grafts without compromising the adult donor pool. Early results have been discouraging because of technical complications and selection of poor risk patients.