Liver resections for liver transplantations

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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World J Gastrointest Surg. Mar 27, 2010; 2(3): 51-56
Published online Mar 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i3.51

Liver resections for liver transplantations

Salvatore Gruttadauria, Fabrizio di Francesco, Duilio Pagano, Sergio Li Petri, Davide Cintorino, Marco Spada, Bruno Gridelli

Salvatore Gruttadauria, Fabrizio di Francesco, Duilio Pagano, Sergio Li Petri, Davide Cintorino, Marco Spada, Bruno Gridelli, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and High Specialization Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy, Palermo 90127, Italy

Salvatore Gruttadauria, Davide Cintorino, Marco Spada, Bruno Gridelli, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States

Author contributions: Gruttadauria S drafted the article; Gruttadauria S, di Francesco F, Pagano D and Li Petri S designed the study, collected and interpreted the data; Gruttadauria S, Cintorino D, Spada M and Gridelli B gave the final approval of the version to be published.

Correspondence to: Salvatore Gruttadauria, MD, Professor, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and High Specialization Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy, Palermo 90127, Italy. sgruttadauria@ismett.edu

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Received: November 6, 2009
Revised: February 22, 2010
Accepted: March 1, 2009
Published online: March 27, 2010

Abstract

Split-Liver and living-related donor liver transplantation are the newest and both technically and ethically most challenging developments in liver transplantation and have contributed to a reduction in donor shortage. We report the technical aspects of surgical procedures performed to achieve a partial graft from a cadaveric and a live donor.

Keywords: Living-related liver transplantation; Split liver transplantation; Liver resections; Liver transplantation; Liver surgery