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Two‐Stage Recipient Hepatectomy and Left Liver Transplantation to Minimize Risks in Adult‐to‐Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: New Concepts

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The combination of two-stage total hepatectomy and partial liver transplantation (LT) for secondary unresectable liver-only malignancies is producing a great quantity of literature. In the first stage, partial hepatectomy leaves… Click to show full abstract

The combination of two-stage total hepatectomy and partial liver transplantation (LT) for secondary unresectable liver-only malignancies is producing a great quantity of literature. In the first stage, partial hepatectomy leaves a deportalised right liver while left-graft LT is performed. The second stage is scheduled after enough liver regeneration has occurred and consists of residual liver removal.

Keywords: hepatectomy; transplantation; liver transplantation; two stage

Journal Title: Liver Transplantation
Year Published: 2019

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