Technical aspects for live-donor organ procurement for liver, kidney, pancreas, and intestine.
Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2015;
20:133-9. [PMID:
25695592 DOI:
10.1097/mot.0000000000000181]
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
This article reviews current strategies for living-donor organ procurement in liver, kidney, pancreas, and intestinal transplant.
RECENT FINDINGS
Here we summarize current open and laparoscopic approaches to living donation of abdominal organs.
SUMMARY
Living donation strategies expand the organ pool in the setting of a significant organ shortage.
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