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Live donor liver transplantation

Journal of Hepatology, 2001
Live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an outgrowth of a series of surgical innovations in segmental liver transplantation driven initially by the need for pediatric cadaveric livers. The unique segmental anatomy of the liver allows it to be separated into independent anatomic units able to retain normal function.
E A, Pomfret, J J, Pomposelli, R L, Jenkins   +2 more
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Living donor for liver transplantation

Hepatology, 1994
Since living related liver transplantation was first performed in 1989, more than 150 cases have been performed worldwide, mostly in the United States and Japan. This paper reports the first series of living related liver transplantation in Europe. Twenty living related liver transplantation surgeries were performed over a 13-mo period, with an overall
C E, Broelsch, M, Burdelski, X, Rogiers, M, Gundlach, W T, Knoefel, T, Langwieler, L, Fischer, A, Latta, H, Hellwege, F J, Schulte   +9 more
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Ethics of liver transplantation with living donors

Health Policy, 1989
Liver transplantation involving only a portion of a liver from a cadaveric donor is now performed in several major centers worldwide.
P A, Singer, M, Siegler, P F, Whitington, J D, Lantos, J C, Emond, J R, Thistlethwaite, C E, Broelsch   +6 more
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Donor Age in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings, 2008
We sought to elucidate the influence of donor age in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using either left lobe (LL) or right lobe (RL) grafts.Recipients (n = 232) were categorized as: group O/LL (LL, donor age >50, n = 20); group Y/LL (LL, donor age < or =50, n = 140); Group O/RL (RL, donor age >50, n = 12); and group Y/RL (RL, donor age < or ...
T, Ikegami, A, Taketomi, R, Ohta, Y, Soejima, T, Yoshizumi, M, Shimada, Y, Maehara   +6 more
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Fostering liver living donor liver transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2016
The review discusses issues pertinent to fostering professional and public interest in living donor liver transplantation. We discuss practices that we have adopted at our center, issues that have arisen and provide suggestions to expand live donor transplantation.To bridge the gap between the current supply and demand of deceased donor organs, the ...
Gary A, Levy, Nazia, Selzner, David R, Grant   +2 more
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Living-donor liver transplantation at UCLA

The American Journal of Surgery, 1995
Living-donor (LD) liver transplantation has been developed as an alternative to overcome the shortage of cadaver donor organs for pediatric recipients.We reviewed our experience with 9 LD transplants performed between August 25, 1993 and August 3, 1994. The median recipient age and weight were 13 months and 10 kilograms.
Oded Jurim, Christopher R. Shackleton, Susan V. McDiarmid, Paul Martin, Abraham Shaked, J. Michael Millis, David K. Imagawa, Kim M. Olthoff, Anne Maxfield, Anita L. Pakrasi, Judy Melinek, Marvin Ament, Jorge Vargas, Leonard I. Goldstein, Ronald W. Busuttil   +14 more
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Adult Live Donor Liver Transplantation

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2005
The increasing awareness of liver diseases and their early detection have led to an increase in the number of transplant waiting list candidates over the past decade. This need has not been matched by the actual number of orthotopic liver transplantations performed. Live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an innovative surgical technique intended to
Lawrence U, Liu, Thomas D, Schiano
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Living-donor liver transplantation with monosegments

Transplantation, 2003
Living-donor liver transplantation is now an established technique to treat children with end-stage liver disease. Implantation of left-lateral segment grafts can be a problem in small infants because of a large-for-size graft. We report 10 cases of transplantation using monosegment grafts from living donors.Of 506 children transplanted between June ...
Mureo, Kasahara, Satoshi, Kaihara, Fumitaka, Oike, Takashi, Ito, Yasuhiro, Fujimoto, Yasuhiro, Ogura, Kohei, Ogawa, Mikiko, Ueda, Mohamed, Rela, Nigel, D Heaton, Koichi, Tanaka   +10 more
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Live Donor Liver Transplantation in Adults

Transplantation, 2006
Live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was initiated in 1988 for children recipients. Its application to adult recipients was limited by graft size until the first right liver LDLT was performed in Hong Kong in 1996. Since then, right liver graft has become the major graft type.
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Controversies in living donor liver transplants

Cirugía Española (English Edition), 2009
Adult liver transplants from a living donor are a valid and effective alternative as a treatment in terminal liver disease. However, in the context of a donation from a brain dead donor, as in western countries (Spain), it is very high, and there are still controversial aspects that should be continuously assessed in order to ensure good results.
Juan Carlos, García-Valdecasas, David, Calatayud, Jose, Fuster, Constantino, Fondevila, Santiago, Sánchez, Raquel, García, Maria, Modolo, Juana, Ferrer   +7 more
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