Introduction Worldwide, organ shortage is a major limiting factor to transplantations. One
possible way to face graft scarcity is splitting full livers into hemilivers; this procedure would …

Background Split liver transplantation (SLT) is a strategy to address organ shortage, but is a
technically more demanding procedure than whole graft liver transplantation (LT). We aimed …

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Split-liver transplantation, a procedure in which one cadaver liver is divided to provide for 2
recipients, has existed for over 15 years. Although SLT offers an immediate expansion of the …

Split liver transplantation provides an ideal means of generating size-matched liver grafts for
children without reducing the organ pool for adult recipients. In the past 10 years, split liver …

In situ split‐liver transplantation (isSLT) is an innovative surgical technique that is effective in
expanding the cadaveric organ pool. Through isSLT, the bipartition of a single liver provides …

Conventional SLT performed in specialized centers resulted in long-term survival outcomes
comparable with whole-organ liver transplantation. Full left–right SLT for two adults remains …

BACKGROUND: We report our initial experience with in situ split liver transplantation (SLT)
for adult and pediatric patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From June 2003 to August …

3. Conclusion Over the last 15 years, split-liver transplantation has become a technique
applied by many transplant centers around the world. So far, it is predominantly used for …

The growing discrepancy between the need and the availability of donor livers has resulted
in evolving surgical approaches in liver transplantation during the last two decades to …