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In liver donations from live donors, only half the liver is used.
Both the transplanted part and the remaining part will grow and return to about the same weight/size as before in some weeks time.
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How is it possible for a person to be a living donor for a liver transplantation?
It is possible to transplant part of a liver from a living donor and have both donor and recipient survive.
Where is the donor liver placed in a heterotopic tranplantation?
The donor liver is placed in a different site, but it still has to have the same connections.
How many sections of a donor liver are adequate for a reduced-size liver transplantation?
Two sections of a donor liver have been enough to save a patient in liver failure, especially if the patient is a child.
Orthotopic liver transplantation?
Replacement of a whole diseased liver by a healthy donor liver.
What will happen to liver donor?
Depends on if it's a live donor or a dead donor. With a live donor only part of the liver is harvested for transplantation, and the remaining part will grow back to (close to) its original size within weeks.
My uncle's liver is gone and they want give him a transplant What is going to happen?
He will go on a waiting list for a cadaver donor liver. He will get the transplant and live for his expected life-span. If no cadaver liver donor is available, they will treat him symptomatically and try to find a living donor among relatives who are compatible. If none is found, his long-term prognosis is not good. Half a liver from a living donor will regenerate and both the donor and the recipient will have an entire liver after a few months.
What is an orthotopic liver transplantation?
Orthotopic transplantation is the replacement of a whole diseased liver with a healthy donor liver.
What is the procedure known as a liver transplant?
Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy donor liver.
What is a high risk liver donor?
a person dying who donates a liver to a dying person
What tissue in addition to the liver is taken from the donor for an orthotopic transplantation?
When an orthotopic transplantation is performed, a segment of the inferior vena cava attached to the liver is taken from the donor as well.
What is a reduced-size liver transplantation?
Reduced-size liver transplantation is the replacement of a whole diseased liver with a portion of a healthy donor liver.
What is an orthotropic liver transplantation?
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.
