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Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy: Slowly But Surely Reaching Standard Practice

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The use of minimally invasive techniques in living donor (LD) surgery was initiated with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in the late 1990s. It rapidly became standard and resulted in a marked… Click to show full abstract

The use of minimally invasive techniques in living donor (LD) surgery was initiated with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in the late 1990s. It rapidly became standard and resulted in a marked increase in kidney donation. Donor hepatectomy is a more complex procedure as it involves splitting a large and highly vascularized organ with higher risk to the donor(1).

Keywords: hepatectomy slowly; donor hepatectomy; pure laparoscopic; laparoscopic donor

Journal Title: Liver Transplantation
Year Published: 2020

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