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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
The shortage of organs forces coordinators to seek new forms of generating organs for transplantation of the increasing numbers of patients on waiting lists. A recent technique called sequential transplant or domino liver transplant (DLT) allows the transplantation of a patient with chronic liver disease by implantation of a full-size liver derived from a patient with familial amyloidosis polyneuropathy (FAP) who receives a cadaveric graft. Therefore, it is possible to transplant two patients with only one cadaveric liver. The present report illustrates the use of this technique for the first time in our country, thereby increasing the number of hepatic transplants by 25%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
916-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Domino liver transplant: influence on the number of donors and transplant coordination.
pubmed:affiliation
General Hospital Santo António, Porto, Portugal. gccot@hgsa.min-saude.pt
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article