Anatomy G.I.T bb7052f8

Reduced liver transplants

Given to two recepients after dividing into two pas

Left lateral lobe divided and given to child

Left lateral segment divided from segment 2 and gives to child

Pa of liver segment transplanted into recepient depending upon requirement

High-Yield Explanation

Reduced size liver transplant Liver can be reduced to a functional unit of appropriate size for the recepient It can overcome the donor - recepient size discrepancy, but it does not increase the absolute number of grafts Ref: Sabiston 20th edition Pgno : 637-638

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