Progress in living donor liver transplantation

Transplant Proc. 2004 Nov;36(9):2720-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.10.030.

Abstract

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has the capacity to reduce the current discrepancy between the number of patients on the transplant waiting list and the number of available organ donors. For pediatric patients, LDLT has clearly reduced the number of waiting list deaths, providing compelling evidence for an increase in LDLT programs. This review discusses many of the recent advances in LDLT.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Liver Regeneration
  • Liver Transplantation / trends*
  • Liver* / anatomy & histology
  • Living Donors / statistics & numerical data*
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting