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Evolution of Liver Transplantation

Thomas E. Starzl, Shunzaburo Iwatsuki, David H. Van Thiel, Carlton J. Gartner, Basil J. Zitelli, Jeffrey Malatack, Robert R. Schade, Byers W. Shaw, Thomas R. Hakala, Thomas J. Rosenthal, Kendrick A. Porter

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Abstract

Two general kinds of liver transplantation have been attempted clinically.With one approach, the host liver is removed and replaced with a homograft (orthotopic liver transplantation); alternatively, an extra liver is inserted at an ectopic site (auxiliary homotransplantation).This review concerns only orthotopic liver transplantation.r The first effort to replace a human liver was made at !

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Key concepts: Liver transplantation, Medicine, Transplantation, Internal medicine