Russell Strong and the history of reduced-size liver transplantation.
On the basis of their innovation and experience with reduced-size grafts in children, 20 years ago, Russell Strong and his team in Brisbane, Australia, performed the first successful living donor liver transplant in the world from a mother to her son. The mismatch between supply and demand for deceased donor organs has fueled the expansion of all forms of reduced-size grafts, including split-liver and living donor transplantation. This review outlines the story of Russell Strong, reduced-size liver transplantation techniques, and the development of living donor liver transplantation.
Garcea
Guiseppe
G
Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Road, Woodville South, SA, 5011, Australia. gg43@leicester.ac.uk
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Hajir
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Maddern
Guy J
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D001315:Australia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000266:history*