History of solid organ transplantation and organ donation

PK Linden - Critical care clinics, 2009 - Elsevier
Solid organ transplantation is one of the most remarkable and dramatic therapeutic
advances in medicine during the past 60 years. This field has progressed initially from what …

Extended criteria for organ acceptance. Strategies for achieving organ safety and for increasing organ pool

A López‐Navidad, F Caballero - Clinical transplantation, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The terms extended donor or expanded donor mean changes in donor acceptability criteria.
In almost all cases, the negative connotations of these terms cannot be justified. Factors …

The marginal liver donor–an update

M Attia, MA Silva, DF Mirza - Transplant International, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The number of patients awaiting liver transplantation keeps steadily rising with no
corresponding rise in suitable grafts for transplantation. There also is an increasing trend of …

Technical refinements and results in full-right full-left splitting of the deceased donor liver

DC Broering, C Wilms, C Lenk… - Annals of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Splitting of the liver at the line of Cantlie of otherwise healthy people is accepted
worldwide as a reasonable procedure for the donors in adult living donor liver …

[HTML][HTML] Split liver transplantation using Hemiliver graft in the MELD era: a single center experience in the United States

K Hashimoto, C Quintini, FN Aucejo, M Fujiki… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Under the “sickest first” Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) allocation, livers
amenable to splitting are most often allocated to patients unsuitable for split liver …

[HTML][HTML] Split liver transplantation

DC Broering, L Fischer, X Rogiers - Hpb, 2004 - Elsevier
Background Split liver transplantation offers an attractive way to increase the number of
cadaveric grafts. In the past 10 years, it has enabled clinicians to minimise paediatric waiting …

Heterotopic segmental liver transplantation on splenic vessels after splenectomy with delayed native hepatectomy after graft regeneration: a new technique to …

M Ravaioli, G Brandi, A Siniscalchi… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a patient with liver metastases from colorectal cancer treated with
chemotherapy and hepatic resection, who developed unresectable multifocal liver …

Normothermic liver machine perfusion and successful transplantation of split liver grafts: from proof of concept to clinical implementation

FJ Krendl, B Cardini, G Laimer, J Singh, T Resch… - …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background. Normothermic liver machine perfusion (NLMP) is advancing the field of liver
transplantation (LT). Beyond improved preservation and organ assessment, NLMP helps to …

Where are we today in split liver transplantation?

JC Hong, H Yersiz, RW Busuttil - Current opinion in organ …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
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 …

The evolution of surgical techniques in clinical liver transplantation. A review

WG Polak, PMJG Peeters, MJH Slooff - Clinical transplantation, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, liver transplantation (LT) is an accepted method of treatment of end‐stage liver
disease, metabolic diseases with their primary defect in the liver and unresectable primary …