Small-for-size graft problems in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation

Sugawara, Y.; Makuuchi, M.

Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi 103(5): 419-422

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0301-4894
PMID: 12048878
Document Number: 547758
A major concern regarding adult living donor liver transplantation is graft-size disparity. The right liver graft is now commonly used, which might impose a risk on the donors. In selected cases, the left liver with caudate lobe and right lateral sector graft might alleviate the problem without increasing the risk to donors.

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