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Heterotopic Auxiliary Rat Liver Transplantation With Flow-regulated Portal Vein Arterialization in Acute Hepatic Failure

Heterotopic Auxiliary Rat Liver Transplantation With Flow-regulated Portal Vein Arterialization in Acute Hepatic Failure

Published on: September 13, 2014

Artificial liver support systems.

Radhika Tandon¹, Saied Froghi^1,2

¹Guys Campus, King's College London, London, UK.

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

|September 12, 2020

Summary

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Molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) and single-pass albumin dialysis (SPAD) both aid acute liver failure recovery. This review found no significant difference in the efficiency of MARS versus SPAD artificial liver systems.

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artificial extracorporeal circulation liver transplant

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