Open AccessToward further expansion of the organ pool for adult liver recipients: splitting the cadaveric liver into right and left lobes1
Author(s) -
Gideon Zamir,
Kim M. Olthoff,
Niraj M. Desai,
James F. Markmann,
Abraham Shaked
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200212270-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , cadaveric spasm , surgery , transplantation , liver transplantation , left lobe , sepsis
Current methods of living donor right lobe transplantation can be expanded for use in the cadaveric setting. The aim of this study is to discuss alternative methods for the management of large-for-size cadaveric livers and determine the feasibility of splitting these organs into left and right hemi-livers using similar techniques to those used in the living donor setting.