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When there is a possibility that the afflicted liver may recover, a heterotopic transplantation is performed.

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When is a heterotopic tranplantation opted for?

When there is a possibility that the afflicted liver may recover, a heterotopic tranplantation is performed.


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Etidronate disodium (Didronel), a drug that regulates the body's use of calcium, is used to prevent heterotopic ossification. Treatment begins three weeks after the injury and continues for 12 weeks.


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When was Transplantation Proceedings created?

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What is used to treat heterotopic ossification?

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What has the author Roy Yorke Calne written?

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What is the downside of liver transplantation?

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