Minimally Invasive Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Pure Laparoscopic Explant Hepatectomy and Graft Implantation Using Upper Midline Incision

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Kyung-Suk Suh et al. Liver Transpl. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;27(10):1493-1497.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26066. Epub 2021 Jul 31.

¹ Department of Surgery Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul South Korea.

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Pure Laparoscopic Explant Hepatectomy: The Penultimate Step Toward a Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Liver Transplantation?
Troisi RI, Giglio MC. Troisi RI, et al. Liver Transpl. 2021 Oct;27(10):1378-1379. doi: 10.1002/lt.26184. Epub 2021 Jul 2. Liver Transpl. 2021. PMID: 34060722 No abstract available.
Minimally Invasive Approach to Recipient Surgery in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Soyama A, Hara T, Matsushima H, Hamada T, Imamura H, Tanaka T, Adachi T, Hidaka M, Eguchi S. Soyama A, et al. Liver Transpl. 2021 Nov;27(11):1678-1679. doi: 10.1002/lt.26262. Epub 2021 Aug 25. Liver Transpl. 2021. PMID: 34382735 No abstract available.
Is Laparoscopy Assistance Always Necessary During Minimally Invasive Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Upper Midline Incision?
Karagul S, Kayaalp C. Karagul S, et al. Liver Transpl. 2021 Nov;27(11):1677. doi: 10.1002/lt.26265. Epub 2021 Sep 5. Liver Transpl. 2021. PMID: 34396674 No abstract available.

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