Pediatric living-donor liver transplantation using right posterior segment grafts

Characteristics of liver grafts in living-donor adult liver transplantation: comparison between right- and left-lobe grafts.

HYPOTHESIS Few studies have investigated the results of research focused on living-donor adult liver transplantation. Different characteristics between right- and left-lobe grafts have not yet been clarified in living-donor adult liver transplantation. Left-lobe graft remains an important option, even in adult recipients. SETTING A single liver transplantation center with a long history of he...

Living donor liver transplantation with dual grafts -- a case report.

BACKGROUND Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) exposes to risks both the donor, due to a potential small residual liver volume, and the recipient, who faces the risk of small-for-size graft syndrome. In order to overcome these drawbacks, liver grafts from two different donors can be used. This paper presents a case of dual graft LDLT using a right hemiliver and a left lateral section from...

Living-donor and split-liver transplantation in adults: right versus left-sided grafts.

The pioneers of liver transplantation established the technical aspects of orthotopic grafting and its efficacy as a treatment for endstage liver disease. Progress was hampered by rejection, but the improved immunotherapy provided by cyclosporine was followed by exponential growth in clinical liver transplantation during the 1980s, with expansion in the number of transplant centers around the w...

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living donor liver transplantation.