There are three types of liver transplantation methods. They include

There are three types of liver transplantation methods.

Orthotopic transplantation is the replacement of a whole diseased liver with a healthy donor liver.

Reduced-size liver transplantation is the replacement of a whole diseased liver with a portion of a healthy donor liver.

Heterotopic transplantation is transplantation of a tissue to a place it is not normally found.

In regards to cardiac transplantation, heterotopic cardiac transplant is the transplant of a donor heart without removing the native heart. This is a rare kind of cardiac transplantation.