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Article: Research reports on surgery from University of California, Medical Department provide new insights.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"Orthotopic liver transplantation has emerged as the standard treatment for end-stage liver disease. In the United States, the number of listed patients has tripled in the last two decades," researchers in the United States report (see also Surgery).
"Organ availability during the same period has plateaued at approximately 6000 grafts annually, resulting in a fivefold increase in wait-list mortality. The problem is not specific to the United States; European and Asian registries report similar shortages. Donor pool expansion strategies such as the use of living donors, cadaveric split livers, and ''extended criteria donors''; (ECD) are being pursued. Used ...