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Domino Liver Transplant

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Domino Liver Transplant
A transplantation in which a multiorgan unit—e.g., part of the small and large intestine and liver—from (cadaveric) donor A is transplanted into patient B who has a poor GI tract, but a relatively well functioning liver, which is transplanted into patient C, who only needs the liver


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Dual transplant the first such pediatric procedure at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Transplant surgeons at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have performed their first-ever domino liver transplant involving a pediatric recipient.
The domino liver transplant, as it is called, first was performed in Miami, FL in 1996.
In Japan, there have been four domino liver transplants in which the donor-recipient's entire liver was removed.
 
 
 
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