[Liver transplantation: current aspects from the East].
The shortage of organs from cadaveric donors for liver transplantation has resulted in the development in Australia and the United States of the technique of partial hepatectomy on living related donors. As multi-organ harvesting from cadaveric donors is not accepted in Japan, procurement from living related donors is the only source of organs in this country, where active development in this field has been initiated.
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Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong; Queen Mary Hospital.
D001315:Australia; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014481:United States
Transplantation hépatique: à l'Est du nouveau.