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Shirin Elizabeth Khorsandi1, Neus Ruiz Edo2, Hector Vilca-Melendez1
1Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Pediatric Transplantation
|June 24, 2015
Abstract:
The following is the first report of a pediatric organ donor with caval agenesis and the subsequent use of this liver for transplantation. Caval embryology and potential implications of utilizing a donor liver with caval agenesis are reviewed.
