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Review
. 2016 Apr;5(2):127-32.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2015.09.01.

Living donor liver transplantation in India

Gomathy Narasimhan  1
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Review

Living donor liver transplantation in India

Gomathy Narasimhan. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Liver transplantation is currently in its golden period in India. The number of transplants being performed and the steady increase in the new programs that have emerged over the last decade is a testimony to it. The growth was not smooth, especially in the early years. But a multipronged approach in developing infrastructure and the involvement of multidisciplinary teams in the management of transplant patients has had a major positive impact on the outcome and as a result a positive impetus to the growth of this specialty in India. To date, the majority of transplants performed in India are live donor liver transplants. Deceased donation is more sporadic and concentrated in a couple of regions. With phenomenal increase in transplant activity in India, there is huge potential for streamlining data sharing among programs in India and with the rest of the world to ultimately benefit the transplant community.

Keywords: India; Living donor liver transplant (LDLT); liver transplant.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Stepwise donor assessment protocol
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