Successful auxiliary two-staged partial resection liver transplantation (ASPIRE-LTx) for end-stage liver disease to avoid small-for-size situations

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-463888
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.46388

Brunner, Stefan M.

; Brennfleck, Frank W. ; Junger, Henrik ; Grosse, Jirka ; Knoppke, Birgit ; Geissler, Edward K. ; Melter, Michael ; Schlitt, Hans J.

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Abstract

Background Risks for living-liver donors are lower in case of a left liver donation, however, due to lower graft volume, the risk for small-for-size situations in the recipients increases. This study aims to prevent small-for-size situations in recipients using an auxiliary two-staged partial resection liver transplantation (LTX) of living-donated left liver lobes. Case presentation Two patients ...