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Introduction: The scarcity of paediatric donors has led some units to use larger donors and perform graft reduction to overcome the shortage of small size matched full grafts. The aim… Click to show full abstract
Introduction: The scarcity of paediatric donors has led some units to use larger donors and perform graft reduction to overcome the shortage of small size matched full grafts. The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of patients receiving reduced grafts to those with full size grafts. Method: The records of 94 Itx performed were reviewed. Patients were divided in two groups, reduced grafts (Group 1) and full size grafts (Group 2) and their details were compared. Results: 94 Itx were performed in 87 patients, 23 with reduced grafts, 19 Liver and Itxx and 4 Isolated Itx. Demographics are shown in Table1 Table 1: Demographic aspects
Journal Title: Transplantation
Year Published: 2019
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