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Successful Liver Transplantation from a Living Donor to Her Son

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: In July 1989, an Australian surgical team successfully performed an orthotopic reduced-size liver transplantation in a 17-month-old infant, using a portion of his mother's liver. The authors describe, with illustrations, the operative procedure in the donor, the preparation of the graft, and the operative procedure in the recipient. They discuss the implications of this case and others for liver transplantation in children, for whom treatment of end-stage liver disease is hampered by a shortage of cadaveric organs, and address the ethical issues involved in living related donor transplantation. (KIE abstract)

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199005243222106

Authors: Russell W. Strong, Stephen V. Lynch, Tat Hin Ong, Hidetoshi Matsunami, Yuichi Koido, Glenda A. Balderson

Institution: Princess Alexandra Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2030413250

FWCI: 21.52

Cites: 12

Cited by: 819

Related to: 10