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. 2006;8(1):10-21.
doi: 10.1080/13651820500465626.

Living donor liver transplantation

S Nadalin  1 , M Bockhorn, M Malagó, C Valentin-Gamazo, A Frilling, C E Broelsch
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Living donor liver transplantation

S Nadalin et al. HPB (Oxford). 2006.

Abstract

The introduction of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been one of the most remarkable steps in the field of liver transplantation (LT). First introduced for children in 1989, its adoption for adults has followed only 10 years later. As the demand for LT continues to increase, LDLT provides life-saving therapy for many patients who would otherwise die awaiting a cadaveric organ. In recent years, LDLT has been shown to be a clinically safe addition to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) and has been able to significantly extend the scarce donor pool. As long as the donor shortage continues to increase, LDLT will play an important role in the future of LT.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Progressive increase of the disparity between organ offer and demand in Europe (data from ELTR-Report 2004).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
LDLTs performed worldwide from 1989 up to 2004 (almost 6000 LDLTs within 15 years).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Three-dimensional reconstruction of vascular and biliary anatomy of a donor liver by means of MeVis-CT© .
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Historical evolution of reconstruction of venous outflow in right LDLT .
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