[Current status of "Split-liver" as a liver transplantation technique option: review of the literature].
The availability of donor organs is a critical factor that limits the use of orthotopic liver transplantation. Split-liver technique means by cutting the liver into two hemilivers one could implant the new reduced-livers in two recipients. The authors have extensively reviewed the literature and concluded that in spite of both greatest postoperative complications and mortality, this technique could be useful in both chronically waiting list patients and those with acute hepatic failure whom desperately need a new organ.
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Disciplina de Cirurgia Experimental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
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Morales
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications
Estado atual do "Split-liver" como opção técnica para o transplante de fígado: revisão da literatura.