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Liver Transplantation |
What I need to know about Liver Transplantation |
Liver transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and the donor organ is placed in the same anatomic location as the original liver. Liver transplantation nowadays is a well accepted treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. History The first human liver transplant was done in 1963 by Dr. Thomas Starzl of Denver, Color ...
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Resources
- About Organ Allocation: Matching Organs (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- About Organ Allocation: Waiting for an Organ (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- After the Transplant (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- American Liver Foundation
- Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Coping with the Stressors of Transplant (Children's Liver Association for Support Services)
- Development of Young Children Following Liver Transplantation (Children's Liver Association for Support Services)
- Digestive Diseases Dictionary [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Fast Facts about Transplants (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- Financing a Transplant (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Getting a New Liver: Facts about Liver Transplants (American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF File
- Getting on the List (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Immune Tolerance: Improving Transplantation Success (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Liver Policy Outcomes Encouraging at Six Months; Some Adjustments Recommended (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Liver Transplant (American Liver Foundation)
- Liver Transplantation (Medline Plus)
- Liver Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Liver Transplantation (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Liver Transplantation In Children (Children's Liver Association for Support Services)
- Liver: Anatomy and Functions (University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
- Living Donor Transplantation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Organ Facts: Liver (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Organ Transplantation: Coping with the Wait (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pediatric Liver and Transplant Questions (Children's Liver Association for Support Services)
- Pretreatment Increases Liver Transplant Survival in Rats (National Institutes of Health)
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
- Selecting a Hospital (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Glossary (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Living (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Primer: Liver Transplant (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- Transplantation (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Glossary (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Organizations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- U.S. Liver Transplant Programs Accept Patients with History of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction (American Medical Association)
- What I Need to Know about Liver Transplantation (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- When Will Your Child Need a Transplant? (Children's Liver Association for Support Services)
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