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Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation Compared with Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
1Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, John Hopkins Medicine.
2Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, John Hopkins Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 765, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: Acamero5@jhmi.edu.
Abstract
Improved surgical techniques and revolutionary immunosuppressive agents have enhanced the long-term outcomes for liver transplantation, with more patients seeking the benefits of liver transplantation, and demand is high. In this review, we hope to delineate where the current data supporting favorable outcomes in using live donation to expand the donor pool compared with the outcomes seen in deceased donor liver transplants. Advances in surgery, transplant and center comfort has made live donor transplantation an asset with favorable patient outcomes in comparison to decease donor data.
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