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Living-donor liver transplant

For a living-donor liver transplant, a healthy person donates a portion of his or her liver to the transplant recipient. The recipient's liver is removed and replaced with this part of the donor's liver. The recipient's and donor's surgeries are carried out at the same time in different operating rooms.

Primary Medical Reviewer Anne C. Poinier, MD
- Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC
- Urology
Last Updated January 24, 2008

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Last Updated: January 24, 2008
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