Open AccessLiver resections for liver transplantations
Author(s) -
Salvatore Gruttadauria
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i3.51
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , surgery , cadaveric spasm , liver transplantation , living donor liver transplantation , transplantation , general surgery , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Split-Liver and living-related donor liver transplantation are the newest and both technically and ethically most challenging developments in liver transplantation and have contributed to a reduction in donor shortage. We report the technical aspects of surgical procedures performed to achieve a partial graft from a cadaveric and a live donor.
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