The liver is one of the few organs that need not be transplanted whole. It can be split into parts, with one part going to one person needing a new liver and the other part going to a second one.

July 14, 2008 (Paris, France) — The review of split-liver transplants conducted at a large center over a 10-year period has shown that the procedure can be used to provide grafts for a larger number ...

In a review of registry data for more than 5,300 liver transplants performed in children nationwide, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers identify the type of patient who is most likely to survive a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accepting grafts for a split liver transplantation may improve survival for smaller children and adults on the ...

Pam Davies spent a year waiting for a new liver as she grew sicker every day. Eventually, she got two-thirds of what she wanted. Davies, a business and life coach, underwent a split liver transplant ...

The transplant surgeon had good news: A donated liver was on the way for critically ill Maggie Catherwood. Then he asked: Would she let doctors cut off part of her new liver to share with an equally ...

Background: Split-liver transplantation, where two grafts are created from a single donor organ, is a means of overcoming donor organ scarcity. There are few data comparing outcomes of split with ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City completed its first split-liver transplant in June, changing the lives of two people due to the organ donor’s generosity and the capabilities of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Expanding access to split liver transplants and adopting a “split first” policy on donor livers will ...

A new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting® - held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - found that increased utilization of split liver transplantation (sharing a ...