Two are better than one.
On March 29, 1996, Marwan Abouljoud, MD, and Francisco Escobar III, MD, of Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, performed the first split liver transplant in Michigan on two patients who were both dying from liver disease. At that time, fewer than 20 such procedures had been done nationwide.
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Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA.
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