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Debra L. Sudan, MD, chief, division of abdominal transplant surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Mount Sinai Hospital: "Liver Donation Surgery and Recovery."
University of Minnesota Health: "Living Donor Liver Transplant."
"What You Need to Know About Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Patient Guide," Cleveland Clinic, 2014.
Johns Hopkins Medicine: "What to Expect as a Liver Donor."
Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on November 27, 2022
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