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Technical aspects for live-donor organ procurement for liver, kidney, pancreas, and intestine
Joohyun Kim1, Michael A Zimmerman
1Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation
|February 20, 2015
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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