Can an average person live without their liver or kidney?

Layla092497bee ∙

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∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/18/2019

Without their liver, no, not without some sort of medical technology, and perhaps not even then.

Without one kidney, yes, quite easily in most cases. Without both kidneys, no, again not without some sort of medical technology (usually a kidney dialysis machine).

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