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The feasibility of splitting the liver prior to transplantation depends on the surgical application of the anatomical segmentation of the liver, as described by Couinaud [1]. The technique was first described by Pichlmayr in 1988 [2] in an adult and a child. Extending its use together with that of liver reduction techniques (in which a large volume of healthy liver may be discarded) [3], and increasing experience have considerably reduced the number of children awaiting liver transplantation [4]. However, the number of patients waiting for a liver to be transplanted increases as new indications are added and makes the scarcity of available organs more and more serious; with adult potential recipients accounting for >95% of the waitinglist deaths [5].
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Azoulay, D., Marin-Hargreaves, G., Bismuth, H. (2002). Split liver transplant for two adults: initial experience at Paul Brousse Hospital. In: Rogiers, X., Bismuth, H., Busuttil, R.W., Broering, D.C., Azoulay, D. (eds) Split liver transplantation. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57523-5_18
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