Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation

The present review outlines the principles of living donor liver transplantation, donor workup, procedure and outcomes. Living donation offers a solution to the growing gap between the need for liver transplants and the limited availability of deceased donor organs. With a multidisciplinary team foc...

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Main Authors: Shimul A Shah, Gary A Levy, Lesley D Adcock, Gary Gallagher, David R Grant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/320530
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spelling doaj-45e2127c60384d06bd665909e07833f12020-11-24T23:41:23ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002006-01-0120533934310.1155/2006/320530Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver TransplantationShimul A Shah0Gary A Levy1Lesley D Adcock2Gary Gallagher3David R Grant4Multiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMultiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMultiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMultiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMultiorgan Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe present review outlines the principles of living donor liver transplantation, donor workup, procedure and outcomes. Living donation offers a solution to the growing gap between the need for liver transplants and the limited availability of deceased donor organs. With a multidisciplinary team focused on donor safety and experienced surgeons capable of performing complex resection/reconstruction procedures, donor morbidity is low and recipient outcomes are comparable with results of deceased donor transplantation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/320530
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Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
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Gary A Levy
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title Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
title_short Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
title_full Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 0835-7900
publishDate 2006-01-01
description The present review outlines the principles of living donor liver transplantation, donor workup, procedure and outcomes. Living donation offers a solution to the growing gap between the need for liver transplants and the limited availability of deceased donor organs. With a multidisciplinary team focused on donor safety and experienced surgeons capable of performing complex resection/reconstruction procedures, donor morbidity is low and recipient outcomes are comparable with results of deceased donor transplantation.
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