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Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation

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Liver transplantation is the standard of care for end -stage liver disease, fulminant liver failure, unresectable primary tumors of the liver, and some metabolic diseases whose enzymatic defect occurs primarily in the liver. The evolution of liver transplantation has involved surgical technique, the development of more effective and less toxic anti rejection medications and patient selection to achieve outcomes unthinkable only few years ago.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulelah M. Alhawsawi

  2. Director del Trasplante Hepatico y Cirugia Hepatobiliar, Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo, Apartado 191227, San Juan, PR, 00919-1227, USA

    Juan del Rio Martin

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M. Alhawsawi, A., del Rio Martin, J. (2012). Surgical Techniques in Liver Transplantation. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5167-9_8

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