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Living Donor Liver Transplantation

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Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has evolved over the last 20 years as an alternative to deceased donor transplant to overcome the shortage of organs. Living organ donation is the only procedure where the person undergoes a surgery for no underlying medical condition with no potential for medical benefit. The potential for serious morbidity and mortality of the healthy donor has been the major limiting factor in the development of this procedure. Its benefits, however, are more obvious in parts of the world where deceased donation is not existent. Although it is technically demanding and labor intensive, LDLT has continued to evolve with increased donor safety and recipient outcomes.

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  1. Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3459 Fifth Ave, UPMC Montefiore 7S, 15206, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Vikraman Gunabushanam MBBS

  2. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, 110060, New Delhi, India

    Abhideep Chaudhary MBBS, MS

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Room 725, 3459 Fifth Ave., 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Abhinav Humar MD

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Gunabushanam, V., Chaudhary, A., Humar, A. (2014). Living Donor Liver Transplantation. In: STEEL, J. (eds) Living Donor Advocacy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_3

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