Improved survival in acute liver failure with hepatocyte therapies

✍ Scribed by Scott L. Nyberg

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 40 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1527-6465
• DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060412

✦ Synopsis

of the liver recipient list? (4) Should they be shared locally or regionally? (5) Should their use be regulated?

In the United States, where liver transplantations for FAP are uncommon, these thoughts may sound more like hair splitting than practical solutions. The issues are growing more complex as the combination of the domino and liver-splitting techniques provide additional grafts. These techniques have already been applied in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Japan, and France. 7,9 Domino liver transplantation is a valuable technique and is one of the few developments capable of providing, rather than consuming, liver grafts. Increasing experience will help define the indications for the best possible use of the domino grafts.